overview

drivers

utilities

transport

finance

media

chemicals

metals

food

auto/aero

property

infrastructure

engineering

retail

hospitality

packaging

clothing

ICT

advertising

accounting

tobacco

pharma

collapses



























related
Profiles
& Notes:

telecoms
bubble

Aust & NZ
telecoms

telco
privatisations

telco
mergers &
acquisitions

IPOs

Private
Equity
Funds

Hedge
Funds

Collectibles,
Prices,
Cultures

     overview

This note highlights mergers, acquisitions, deacquisitions and collapses as points of reference in considering the telecommunications bubble of earlier this decade and the associated giddiness in dotcoms.

It covers -

• drivers of M&A activity - comments on the pursuit of scope and scale, aggrandisement and fashion in driving mergers & acquisitions
• utilities - oil/gas, electricity and water
• transport - rail and shipping networks and logistics
• finance - banking, broking, funds management and insurance
• media - broadcasting, film, newspapers, book publishing and other media
• chemicals - plastics and chemicals
• metals - metals and mining
• food - food, petfood and beverage
• auto & aerospace - aerospace, defence and auto companies
• property - trophy buildings and other property
• infrastructure - ports, roads and airports
• engineering - equipment and other engineerings
• retail and trading - department and supermarket chains
• hospitality - pubs, casinos, hotels and retirement facilities
• packaging - paper, glass, containers
• clothing and consumer products
• ICT - information and communication technology companies
• advertising - marketing, media buying and advertising agency M&A
• accounting - M&A in the accounting, law and recruitment sectors
• tobacco - concentration, diversification and de-merger in the cigarette industry
• pharma - pharmaceuticals, medical devices and health services
• collapses - corporate and personal collapses since the Renaissance

Background is offered in the detailed notes on private equity funds and hedge funds. They are complemented by separate pages on telco privatisations and acquisitions since the mid-1980s and on IPOs.

It is complemented by a page highlighting sources of data regarding inominal prices, purchasing power, wages and inflation in different eras and markets. A perspective is provided in the note elsewhere on this site regarding the prices achieved for collectibles such as old master paintings and rare postage stamps.





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