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		<title>M&amp;A Academy: &#8220;How can real estate become a financing means for your company today?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market studies chave shown that over the last years the total accounting value of all lands and buildings of the 30.000 biggest BelCo&#8217;s amounts to EUR 50 billion. When you know that the market value of said assets equals minimum 3 times their accounting value, this represents a dramatic hidden value in the current market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy &#8211; &#8220;Tax implications of business restructuring&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 and 2009 are challenging times for the M&#38;A market due to the lack of available funding. Many investors and international groups are looking for cost-cutting opportunities and cash optimisation.
During the 5th session of our M&#38;A Academy, we tried to evaluate how reshaping your conventional business model towards a more flexible structure can help you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China M&amp;A activity bouncing back from the downturn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Van Dyck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PwC China M&#038;A press release revealed that domestic and inbound M&#038;A deal volumes in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) in the second half of 2009 are returning to robust 2008 levels, indicating that the impact of the global economic downturn on China M&#038;A seems to have been short lived.
More than 1,800 domestic transactions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare your business structure for the another challenging year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy De Beule</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008-2009 were challenging times for the M&#38;A market due to the lack of available funding. Many investors and international groups are looking for cost-cutting opportunities and cash optimization.
 
Reshaping your conventional business model towards a more flexible structure can help you in for example the improvement of your business model, tax credits optimisation and/or cash optimisation.
 
Furthermore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of IFRS 3 Revised on acquisition’s accounting and earnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronique Gillis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accounting for acquisitions has changed. The International Accounting Standards Board released a revised standard on business combinations in January 2008 (IFRS 3 Revised), accompanied by a revised standard on consolidated financial statements (IAS 27 Revised).
 The new standards are expected to add to earnings volatility, making earnings harder to predict.
 PwC has produced a guide IFRS 3R: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunities for your business after the New Merger Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Van de Voorde</dc:creator>
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A new Tax Act Implementing the EU Tax Merger Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette on the 12th January and came into force immediately.
The act introduces a tax-free regime for cross-border reorganisations. In addition, it also brings the existing tax provisions applicable to internal reorganizations in line with the EU [...]]]></description>
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