Mergers & Acquisitions, which is More Profitable?

Guests: Dr. Ike Johnson, co-founder and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Sygnus Group David Mullings, Chairman and CEO of Blue Mahoe Capital Partners. Welcome to Your Business Matters, a podcast of EXIM Bank Jamaica where we bring thought leaders together on thought provoking ideas and methods to help grow your business. Mergers and acquisitions are key development and diversification strategies utilized by companies mainly for expansion purposes. It is not unusual to learn of two economically significant competitors merging ( for example, Gleaner and RJR) or the friendly but most often hostile takeover of a targeted company by another company or investor group. The combination of two or more companies to form one new company is facilitated by a vertical or horizontal merger. A conglomerate merger brings together companies in unrelated business to reduce risk through diversification. So, are mergers and acquisitions important to a company’s overall growth? Who benefits? Who loses? This week, we are joined by Dr. Ike Johnson, co-founder and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at the Sygnus Group and David Mullings, Chairman and CEO of Blue Mahoe Capital Partners to dissect the topic ‘Mergers & Acquisition: Which is more Profitable?’ Some of what we discussed includes: Why would a company consider Mergers & Acquisition? What are some of the benefits of Mergers and Acquisitions? What are the key factors to be considered? We also touched base with a member of our audience Jason Francis who posed the question “In the case of the developing economies such as the caribbean where capital resources are more limited and we are forced to manage resources effectively, to what extent will mergers and acquisitions be a catalyst to the region? ” Connect with our guests: Connect with sygnus group.com or email [email protected] for products and services available to you  on all social media platforms and visit bluemahoecapital.com or email [email protected] Thank you for joining us on Your Business Matters hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter of the Entrepreneurial You podcast. Remember to join us next week for another exciting episode with our thought-provoking leaders as they debate thought provoking ideas and methods to help grow your business and move closer towards your goals. To stay in touch, you can  connect with us on your favorite podcast platforms at ‘Your Business Matters’ where we bring the matters to the table or visit eximbankja.com for further information and business resources. As you continue to mind your business, I leave with you this quote from Winston Churchill “Failure is not final, success is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” Take care.