During my business career that spans more than five decades, I have found that the best lessons are not always straightforward. And they don’t always appear where you‘d expect to find them. In fact, I discovered what amounted to a validation of the Allegiance Capital Corporation business model while reading a McKinsey & Company article...
>> Register now to watch the web seminar on demand. Surviving Due Diligence to Ensure a Swift Close In today’s M&A market of record-high valuations and low-cost debt, buyers and investors must be even more diligent when assessing investments and/or an acquisition. The procedures associated with the due diligence process have been transformed over...
The Power of Pitching In When it comes to trying new things to get the job done, Martha Grizzel knows no fear. Grizzel – executive assistant to David J. Mahmood, founder and chairman of Allegiance Capital Corporation of Dallas – has even driven a forklift at a past employer. She says she comes by this...
FULL ARTICLE Jon Prior covers finance for the Dallas Business Journal. One prominent Dallas investment banker is telling clients to plan for a possible slowdown in the U.S. economy. “I think there’s a greater than 50-50 chance of a recession next year,” Allegiance Capital Chairman David Mahmood said in an interview Monday. “This bull market...
Allegiance Capital Corporation wins Deal of the Year Award for deals under $50 million, in Dallas ACG M&A Award competition. Allegiance Capital Corporation, a Dallas-based, award-winning investment bank continues to add to its large collection of M&A awards. On, May 5th, the firm won the Deal of the Year Award, for deals under $50 million...
These were the biggest Dallas-Fort Worth deals of the last year. In the world of Dallas-Fort Worth mergers and acquisitions, call 2014 the year of the energy deal. Some 26 M&A energy transactions involving at least one North Texas party and worth at least $120 million closed last year, according to a D CEO analysis...
Risk Management Strategies, Inc. Receives Investment from Alpine Investors Allegiance Capital Corporation, a Dallas-based private M&A investment bank that specializes in middle-market transactions, announced today that it has facilitated an investment in its client, Risk Management Strategies, Inc. (RMS), from Alpine Investors. Alpine, a San Francisco, CA based private equity firm targets in- vestments in founder-owned companies...
ATHENS, GREECE – Dallas-based Allegiance Capital was awarded the Oscar Award for executing the largest deal in the last six months by any member of Globalscope Partners worldwide. Globalscope Partners is a worldwide organization of investment banks that includes approximately 300 bankers from 43 banks representing 33 countries around the world. Allegiance Capital accepted the...
Directional Rentals Inc., a Houston-based manufacturer and provider of drilling tools for the onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, has taken up a new strategy and a new name. With the private equity backing of Dallas-based Hicks Equity Partners, Directional Rentals recently acquired Lafayette, La.-based Reamco Inc. for an undisclosed price. The addition of...
Lessons learned during a sales call can help your business. Nobody likes to take a sales call, especially if they have no interest in the product or don’t trust the source. However, if as a business owner, you knew there was a reasonable chance one of the calls you chose to answer might be worth...
The following article was reported by the The Oklahoman Reporter: Paula Burkes A private equity firm in New York City has acquired Oklahoma City-based GlobalHealth Inc. insurance company. GlobalHealth CEO said the deal will help them expand services and lower costs. A private equity firm in New York City has acquired Oklahoma City-based GlobalHealth Inc....
Selling your company can be like the winning the Super Bowl. Here’s how it’s done. Every kid playing on a little league football team, and every NFL pro, dreams of someday playing in the Super Bowl. For many, playing in a Super Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime shot at greatness. If you are a business owner,...