New BM&A climate monitor for the M&A market: cautious optimism
Takeover sentiment rises slightly. Price expectations slow down transactions. Succession is the biggest driver of sales. Munich, February 2024. The Bundesverband Mergers & Acquisitions gem. e.V. (BM&A) is now publishing a regular survey of takeover activity in Germany. In recent years, the German economy has experienced a number of setbacks, which have also affected the […]
M&A Transformation Day 2023
M&A Transformation Day 2023. M&A as a driver of transformation and growth. The M&A Transformation Day 2023 took place in Munich on November 10. The event covered four main topics: Artificial Intelligence, ESG, Value Chain and Creative M&A. There was a presentation and interactive workshops on each topic. With experts from INVENSITY, Giesecke+Devrient […]
European M&A Community Summit 2023
The event organized by the Bundesverband Mergers & Acquisitions gem. e.V. and mandaco took place against an impressive backdrop at CORE SE, a member of the Bundesverband, on Berlin’s Wannsee. Over the course of two days, around 50 M&A experts – mostly representatives from European corporates – had the opportunity to take part in interactive […]
Press release: M&A Awards 2023
M&A Awards 2023 – German M&A Association honors outstanding transactions of recent years at the M&A Summit Learning from science and practice: top-class speakers at the M&A Summit 2023 Anniversary event: German M&A Association celebrates its 20th anniversary – new board focuses on future topics M&A Award 2023 presented in five categories – Körber AG, […]
Press release – Mergers & Acquisitions as a growth instrument for SMEs: Results of the second BM&A SME study published
Pullach, July 4, 2023 – The German Mergers & Acquisitions Association (BM&A) has published the results of the second survey of SMEs, which it conducted with its publication organ M&A REVIEW as part of the “Mittelstandsinitiative M&A” together with the University of Bristol Business School. It paints a comprehensive picture of how SMEs use mergers […]
Press release – 20 years of the German Mergers & Acquisitions Association – New board focuses on future topics
Munich, June 20, 2023 – Just in time for its 20th anniversary, the Federal Association of Mergers & Acquisitions has reorganized its Management Board. Represented by top-class female managers and top managers of the German economy, the Federal Association of German position itself even more strongly in this context and support entrepreneurs in their external […]
Shift & Change 2023 – The BM&A SME Day on May 23rd
In less than two weeks, the BM&A Mittelstandstag for entrepreneurs will take place in Baierbrunn on the premises of Wort & Bild Verlag. In order to shorten the waiting time, we are already presenting two thematic blocks of the event. After a welcome from the host and a presentation of the BM&A Mittelstandsinitiative by […]
SME study M&A 2023 – survey only open for a short time
Entrepreneurs only have a few days left to take part in the major SME study M&A 2023. The year 2022 and the beginning of 2023 have presented many companies with key challenges and profoundly changed corporate target systems. Global flows of goods have been disrupted, energy costs have risen enormously and inflation is making […]
Viessmann sells heat pump business abroad: BM&A CEO Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Lucks as a guest on Bayern 2
On April 27, BM&A CEO Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Lucks was a guest on Bayern 2. The occasion is the sale of Viessmann’s heat pump division to the Americans. The panel discussed the problems caused by the sale of German businesses to foreign countries and asked whether Germany is at risk of deindustrialization and what can […]
The BM&A is enjoying growing popularity – number of members is growing again
In 2023, the Bundesverband Mergers & Acquisitions gem.e.V. (BM&A) recorded a strong increase in members, which is a sign of the growing importance of M&A as a strategic instrument for corporate development. The importance of M&A has increased significantly in recent years, particularly in the SME sector. In addition, many SMEs are looking for successors, […]
