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One of my colleagues at ESSEC Business School, Rick MARCHESE<\/a>, is teaching the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) course in the Master in Finance on Singapore campus.<\/p>\n

He was asked at the beginning of the course what the difference was between a merger and an acquisition.<\/p>\n

His answer was: “If you are the buyer, it’s an acquisition. If you are the target, it’s a merger.”<\/p>\n

With the recent events in the financial sector, he recently had a great illustration for his definition from two very credible sources…<\/p>\n

Press release by UBS
\n\"UBS
\nSource: UBS.<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Press release by Credit Suisse
\n\"UBS
\nSource: Credit Suisse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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