Can Estate Agents do M & A deals ?

M & A .... what's that ?

Most real estate agents would not know

what is the meaning of M & A !!

Well, it means Mergers & Acquisitions ...

In practice, it simply means when a Big Firm

ACQUIRES or buys over a smaller firm.

And this smaller firm or the Target Company

can either be their Competitor or perhaps in

a related business or a supporting business 

that can add value to the supply chain.

Sometimes, when 2 different companies are of

almost  equal strength ( in terms of market share,

market capitalization, sales revenue, profitability )

then it makes sense for them to join/combine

their strength ... so as to become BIGGER !!

And this is the concept of MERGER.

Before I went into the Property biz,

I wanted to be a Merchant Banker

( now known as Investment Banker )

.... but that was over 25 years ago ....

For i was fascinated by the corporate deals

done in Wall Street ... those hugh mega deals

via Mergers & Acquisitions that were done

using junk bonds and financial derivatives

But the problem was that my degree is in

property ... and to work in merchant banking,

you need degrees related to corporate law,

finance, accounting or 

Back then, this country also does not have

the likes of global consulting firms like Bain,

Mckinsey, and Boston Consulting Group

So my hope of going into the world of high'

finance remained a far-fetched dream ....

I have bought many books related to Wall Street

and the Corporate Raiders of America.

But sadly, all of them remained un-opened

and un-read .... and many are still in their

original plastic wrappers !!

Any regrets ?

25 years have since passed ... 

I have about 100 of these books.

So when will I ever have the time 

to read them all .... ???