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Financial Deals Industry Tracker: Transport and Logistics July 2008 - analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A), private equity, private placement, initial public offering (IPO), secondary offering, and partnership deals

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: August 2008
Product Code: R313-40239
Description
Synopsis

Analysis and opinion on monthly deal activity, along with the trend for the last six months for merger and acquisition (M&A), private equity, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and alliance/partnership deals

Introduction

This report contains extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis of monthly deal activity (including strategic alliances) in the sea, road, rail, and air sectors across global markets, with a specific focus on key emerging markets. It offers insights into deal activity, deal rationale, and valuation trends.

Scope
  • Insights into deal activity across M&A, private equity, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and strategic alliance deals
  • Analysis on all key sectors, namely sea, road, rail, and air
  • Geographical trends by primary regions and by key emerging markets
  • Detailed analysis of the deal activity during the month, along with the trend for the last six months by deal volume and value
Highlights
  • Marine transportation segment witnessed consolidation to counter the rising operating costs driven by high oil prices and global economic slowdown. M&A activity in the air transportation sector was largely focused on increasing scale and improving operating margins through cost synergies.
  • The transport and logistics sector recorded 57 M&A deals in July 2008, a decrease of 22.4% as compared to the trailing six month (Jan 2008-Jun 2008) average. In value terms, it recorded deals worth $8.3bn, an increase of 16%. Over the same period, M&A activity in the emerging markets declined by 29.4% in volume terms and 94.4% in value terms.
  • The companies in the transport and logistics sector entered into partnerships to enhance their product/services portfolio, improve vertical integration and reduce operational costs.
Reason to Purchase
  • Understand which sectors are experiencing the most activity, and which type of investor, and advisor are playing the significant roles
  • Find out how key deals are changing the competitive landscape of your business
  • Find out how companies in transport and logistics industry are raising funds through capital markets, private equity, and private placement deals
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
a. About Financial Deals
b. About this report
2. Mergers and acquisitions (including private equity deals)
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by sector
c. Volume analysis by geography
i. Global regions (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World)
ii. Emerging markets (BRIC, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa)
d. Value analysis by geography
i. Global regions (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World)
ii. Emerging markets (BRIC, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa)
e. Trend analysis by deal size
f. Trend analysis by deal rationale and deal sub-category
g. Advisory ranking M&A (trailing six months) - financial and legal
h. Private equity firm ranking
3. Public offering
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by geography
c. Trend analysis by deal size
4. Private placement
a. Monthly roundup
b. Volume and value analysis by geography
c. Trend analysis by deal size
5. Alliance / Partnership deals monthly roundup
6. Valuation trend: comparison across key sectors
7. Advisory ranking for all deals (trailing six months) - financial and legal
8. Appendix
a. Definition
b. Disclaimer
Ordering and More Information
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