Second Quarter M&A Deal Value in the ARM Industry Highest in Three Years

In the second quarter of 2011, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry kept pace with deal activity during the same period a year earlier, but total transaction value well exceeded totals from the second quarter of 2010, according to Kaulkin Ginsberg Company, the leading M&A and strategic advisory firm in the outsourced business services sector.

Ten deals were completed in Q2 2011 representing $646 million in total deal value, more than eight times the deal value generated in Q1 2011. In a year over year comparison, Q2 2011 produced one less deal than Q2 2010 (11 deals), but the total value in Q2 2010 was only $599 million.  Q2 2011’s $646 million represents the largest single-quarter total since Q2 2008.

For the first half of 2011, the ARM industry generated $723 million in total deal value.  In the first half of 2010, total deal value was $737 million.