Brunswick Insight surveyed more than 200 buy-side and sell-side analysts between August 29 and September 16, 2016.
Brunswick Group’s Third Annual Data Valuation SurveyGlobal survey of investors finds that M&A strategy should include cybersecurity. In addition, investors believe cyber transparency will improve the M&A valuation climate.
GLOBAL M&A JOURNAL
SPECIAL EDITION: DEALMAKERS CYBERSECURITY
Investors Excited About EU Breach
Transparency Mandate
50%
Company Announces Cyber Partnership
To Preempt �reats
70 percent
of investors
believe more
breach
transparency
regulations
will improve
the investment
climate
70%
M&A AND INVESTOR CHRONICLE
CEO Shirks Responsibility; Blames Thieves
Breach Disclosure Post Agreement Announcement Drops Deal Value
59 percentof investors lower merger valuations if either companyhas suffereda breach
59%
ALL THE MERGER NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT INVESTOR & CYBERSECURITY EDITION
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55 percentof investors want the CEO to speak when the company announces a breach
55%78 percentof investors blame the target companyin the event of a hack
78%
To Do ListQuarterly earnings- Employee town hall- Panel Q&A re:cyber / M&A
50 percent of investors increase
valuation for companies that
demonstrate threat mitigation
activity through an outside
security firm