M&A

Artificial Intelligence promises to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of M&A commercial due diligence (CDD) processes. At Asteri, we’ve been exploring how to harness GenerativeAI (GenAI) on CDD projects. We will see Benefits Risks and Strategies for Success of using AI in Commercial Due Diligence. The verdict? 5/10. Useful for some tasks.  Benefits of using AI […]

Value Creation Benchmark | Media Asteri Partners Value Creation Benchmark for Media The quarterly Asteri+ Media benchmark tracks value creation metrics in the Media sector. Use it to understand industry performance, or work out how your company is performing against a peer group of 112 publicly-listed companies. Value Creation Benchmark for Media report synopsis This […]

Asteri Partners Value Creation Benchmark for Software The Q1 2025 edition of the quarterly Asteri+ Software benchmark tracks value creation metrics in the Software sector. Use it to understand industry performance, or work out how your company is performing against a peer group of nearly 200 companies. Value Creation Benchmark for Software report synopsis This report […]

Private equity firms excel at raising capital, but deploying capital efficiently remains a challenge for deal origination. Dry powder (amount of committed capital not yet invested) reached a record $2.6 trillion in 2024. For starters, there’s more money looking for a home than good companies to invest it in. But also, finding good companies willing […]

The aggregate value of mergers & acquisitions 2024 transactions is on the rise, but volumes are tanking. Recent data from PwC shows that global merger & acquisition 2024 deal values increased by 5% year on year in the first half of 2024 to $1.3 trillion. Megadeals, such as Diamondback’s $25.8bn acquisition of Endeavor Energy Resources, […]

If you work in a PE firm, would you agree that it’s a day job to find companies to buy, and buying them? I mean, why else would you have Deals teams? Then why do some PE firms expect the leaders of their portfolio companies to do M&A as a side hustle of their day […]

Leading the post merger integration (PMI) of two companies is hard. You’ve got many plates spinning at the same time, and a lot riding on keeping them in the air. There’s a lot to achieve, and a lot to manage. So, what’s on the post merger integration to-do list? A PMI is a very long […]