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Friday, March 12, 2010
SULLIVAN: U.S. MERGERS OR ACQUISITIONS IN THE WORKS?
Houlihan Lokey’s Dan Sullivan, a director in the Industrials Group, commented on the outlook for M&A activity in the North American steel sector while speaking at Steel Business Briefing's Steel Markets North America conference in Chicago. Mr. Sullivan mentioned that there are positive signs for M&A activity, such as better access to capital, pent-up seller demand from the recession and uncertain organic growth opportunities. Other good M&A signs, he said, are the return of strategic buyers with strong balance sheets.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
INDICATORS POINT TO 2010 RECOVERY FOR AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SECTOR
“Global economic decline, market volatility and heavy losses characterized 2009. With the weakening of the dollar, ever-increasing value of gold and burgeoning federal debt, it’s not surprising to find some questioning the signals of a sustainable recovery in the new year,” writes Jim Lavelle, managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s Industrial Technologies practice and Eugene Bazemore, senior vice president, in the January 2010 issue of Automation World.

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Press Releases

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
ROBERT HYER JOINS HOULIHAN LOKEY TO LAUNCH FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP
NEW YORK – March 9, 2010 – Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, announced that Robert E. Hyer, Jr. has joined the firm as a Managing Director and head of the Financial Technology Group. 

Thursday, February 25, 2010
CHARLES MILLS JOINS HOULIHAN LOKEY AS A MANAGING DIRECTOR IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA – February 25, 2010 – Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, announced today that Charles W. Mills has joined the Atlanta office as a Managing Director, heading up mergers and acquisitions for the Southeast U.S. region.

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Insights & Ideas

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
DIRECTORSHIP'S BOARDROOM GUIDE TO CAPITAL MARKETS
“In the current environment, directors need to be actively involved. Although your responsibility is to supervise rather than micromanage, in order to supervise adequately, a director needs to have a thorough understanding of all aspects of the business and the challenges and risks associated with that business.”

Tuesday, December 01, 2009
THE PRICE OF ILLIQUIDITY: VALUATION APPROACHES ACROSS ASSET CLASSES
“The notion of illiquidity is crucial  for practitioners who value assets that do not have readily-available market  quotations. Intuitively, assets that are difficult to sell are worth less than  those that can be rapidly and cheaply converted to cash at a reasonable price.  Across most asset classes, investors are willing to pay a premium for assets  that are more liquid.”

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