The word "acquirers" is correct in written English.
It is typically used in contexts related to business, finance, or technology, referring to individuals or entities that obtain or purchase something.
Example: "The acquirers of the startup were impressed by its innovative technology."
Alternatives: "Purchasers" or "Buyers".
Gas and electricity transmission, along with gas distribution, should also have the same attractions to infrastructure acquirers, particularly as their price control reviews have now concluded and now run to 2021.
A deal might also end up acting as a poison pill for other potential acquirers.
The London exchange has fended off a barrage of potential acquirers in recent years, a tactic tacitly supported by British authorities eager to shield it from foreign regulation.
Verizon's $130 billion purchase of Vodafone's share in their American mobile venture was the largest deal in 2013-14 but hardly a leap into the unknown: Verizon already manages the business.In a further reflection of the restrained mood, some serial acquirers have gone into reverse, divesting or spinning off assets, notes John Studzinski of Blackstone, a financial firm.
M&A are cyclical and the worst deals happen at the top.Why might the benefits of M&A be more evenly spread between targets and acquirers this time round?
Acquirers usually have to "pay twice", says Mr El-Erian: once for the franchise and once to retain its people.
Instead of trophy assets such as Rockefeller Center or Pebble Beach golf course, the targets are companies that fit strategically with their acquirers, providing new technology or access to new markets.Japanese firms can afford to be so acquisitive because, unlike companies elsewhere, they are flush with cash.
Given China's abundant domestic liquidity and $660 billion of foreign-exchange reserves, it is, however, a nonsense that could go on for a long time.Successful Chinese acquirers should be able to cut costs by shifting manufacturing to mainland China though obviously this does not apply to raw-material purchases.
Acquirers such as Lenovo, a Chinese firm that bought IBM's personal-computer business, found they had not got their money's worth.
It is in the third phase that activity accelerates sharply, because the "merger boom is legitimised; chief executives feel it is safe to do a deal, that no one is going to criticise them for it," says Mr Clark.This is when the premiums that acquirers are willing to pay over the target's pre-bid share price start to rise rapidly.
The most aggressive acquirers have been Deutsche Post, the British Post Office and TNT Post Groep (TPG) of the Netherlands.
