Why Investment Banking Mergers Stink

This morning, DealBook linked to a Breakingviews piece on rumors of Credit Suisse possibly buying Bear Stearns. I immediately broke into a cold sweat even considering the possibility. Why?  Because investment banking mergers are quite simply one of the most efficient ways of destroying the buyer’s shareholder value, especially when one considers the probabilities of a deal actually being successful. I can’t think of another type of M&A transaction that is fraught with more risks than the investment banking merger or acquisition. Examples of failed investment banking deals are too numerous to mention, with the 2000 acquisition of D…
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  24 January, 2008| Economy | @ 16:40

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