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Summary
Deal sourcing is hard. Finding a target for acquisition has been likened to finding ‘a needle in a haystack’. Investors must sift through millions of opportunities and quantify what matters.
Firm financials are a logical starting point in the selection process. Our latest Quantamental Research shows how combining faster growth, greater profitability, and a larger revenue base with just the right amount of leverage and liquidity makes an impact on acquisitions. During this webinar, our experts will discuss how dealmakers can efficiently and effectively scale deal sourcing by taking a data science approach.
This webinar will examine the following:
- What characteristics to look for when identifying targets
- Which financial metrics are emphasized across different regions
- How to pull financial metrics for target companies quickly and at scale
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Frank Zhao
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Senior Director, Quantitative Research & Solutions
Frank is a Senior Director of S&P Global Market Intelligence division. He conducts systematic equity research and productizes his findings that have been widely adopted by global institutional investors in their stock selection processes.
He speaks globally in invitational and sponsored conferences and has been cited in FT, CNBC, and WSJ among others. He is the primary contributing patent holder with USPTO and has publication citations by practitioners and academics alike including from a Nobel Laureate in economics.
Frank has master’s degrees in Financial Engineering from UCLA Anderson and in Finance from Boston College Carroll, and has undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Economics from University of California, Davis.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ilja Hauerhof
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Director, New Product Development & Research, Private Markets
Ilja Hauerhof is Director Private Markets New Product Development & Research, Company Intelligence & Analytics, S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Ilja assumes responsibility for conceptualizing and developing research-based, data-driven new products and solutions by utilizing a range of data sets - including existing, derived, new, and differentiated ones - to unlock additional value and offer clients deeper insights into Private Markets. Since joining S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2012, Ilja has held positions in Content, Product Management and Desktop Market Development. Ilja holds a degree in Economics from the University of Regensburg, Germany and is fluent in English and German.
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