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M&A Activity is Accelerating. What's Driving it?

By: SmartRoom on 04/02/18 10:46

Expect big things in mergers and acquisitions through 2018. This is the word from Deloitte, which surveyed more than 1,000 executives to get their sense on these types of ...

Is the Virtual Data Room on the Brink of Extinction?

By: SmartRoom on 03/26/18 7:00

Is the virtual data room on its way out?

5 Things You Must Consider Before Beginning NPL Sales

By: SmartRoom on 03/05/18 12:52

The sale of non-performing loan (NPL) assets - mortgages, student loans, car payments or otherwise - can be a sizable undertaking for any financial institution. These ...

Going Public? You need a virtual data room for your IPO. Here's Why.

By: SmartRoom on 02/08/18 12:18

With the stock market in near-record territory, experts predict interest in the equity markets will lead to a resurgence in IPOs after years of slow going. In a January 2018 ...

5 Reasons M&A Deals Fail

By: SmartRoom on 01/17/18 13:40

Analysts estimate that 2018 is going to be a big year in the mergers and acquisitions market. As we’ve written about before, a Deloitte Consulting survey released in late 2017 ...

3 Tools to Streamline M&A Deal Flow in 2018

By: SmartRoom on 01/04/18 12:06

With the start of the new year come the resolutions, as we all look to become better people and improve our quality of life. One thing that people frequently resolve is to ...

Are Virtual Data Room Provider's Free Drinks and Game Tickets Worth It?

By: Tony Bellagamba on 12/19/17 9:23

Everyone loves to be "wined and dined" by a VDR salesperson, but does booze and boxes takes away from investment in data room security? In recent years, the integrity and ...

Virtual Data Rooms: What Hollywood Moguls can Learn From the Wolves of Wall Street.

By: SmartRoom on 11/21/17 10:21

The HBO hack earlier this year, in which Game of Thrones scripts and episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ballers were released online before their air dates, caused chaos for ...

Multi-Layered Security Virtual Data Room Protection: What You Need to Know

By: SmartRoom on 10/13/17 9:51

Sony. Equifax. Yahoo. HBO. Target. The Democratic National Committee. Each of these entities suffered major losses (financial and otherwise) as a result of computer hacking. ...