Berkery Noyes Releases First Half 2010 Finance Technology Industry Merger & Acquisition Trends - Value Vaults Upward

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkery Noyes, a leading middle market investment bank, has released its 2010 Half Year Finance Technology M&A Trends Report. This report analyzes merger and acquisition activity in the Finance Technology Industry in the first half of 2010 and compares it with activity in the four previous sixth month periods from 2008-2009.

Revenue multiples in the industry experienced a 15% half-to-half increase from 2.0 in 2nd Half 2009 to 2.3 in 1st Half 2010.  This is a 109% increase from the low of 1.1 in 1st Half 2009.

The sector saw a 31% increase in volume, exceeding the total volume of each of the four preceding sixth month periods.  The Payments sector saw a 173% jump in volume from 2nd Half 2009, bolstered by several acquisitions of mobile payment technology companies.  

Total transaction value and volume both saw notable increases from 2nd Half 2009, as total transaction volume in 1st Half 2010 increased by 31 percent from 94 in 2nd Half 2009 to 123 in 1st Half 2010, and total transaction value in 1st Half 2010 increased by 248 percent from $4.15 billion in 2nd Half 2009 to $14.45 billion in 1st Half 2010.

The segment with the largest increase in value was Capital Markets with an 874% increase from $955 million in 2nd Half 2009 to $9.30 billion in 1st Half 2010.  The segment saw three billion-dollar-deals: Warburg Pincus and Silver Lake Partners' announced acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation, majority owned by Pearson plc, for $3.25 billion, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.'s pending acquisition of PNC Global Investment Servicing, Inc. for $2.31 billion, and MSCI Inc.'s pending acquisition for RiskMetrics Group, Inc. for $1.38 billion.

To view the full report, Click Here. (http://berkerynoyes.com/visit/1stHalfFintechEmailVersion.aspx).

Berkery Noyes provides skilled transaction management to publicly traded and privately held businesses and private equity groups in both sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions. We have managed transactions ranging from several million to more than four billion dollars in value, with an emphasis on mid market transactions of $10 million to $500 million in enterprise value.

Our clients include private companies seeking a buyer, most of the major international information companies, and private equity firms who use the firm's expertise in locating, analyzing and negotiating with acquisition candidates and in managing divestitures. The firm operates with a staff of 40 professionals serving the information industry.

For more information, visit www.berkerynoyes.com.

SOURCE Berkery Noyes

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