The string of megadeals announced in the first half of 2024 reflect a growing confidence among US dealmakers. But can the bull run be sustained?
Megadeals were firmly on the agenda in H1 as more stable inflation and...more
9/30/2024
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Global M&A activity continued to make slow progress in 2023, with stubbornly high interest rates and stringent financing conditions stifling market confidence. Nearly US$3.2 trillion of M&A deals were announced last year—a...more
2/16/2024
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Declining consumer spending power is driving down revenues and pushing luxury firms to seek new avenues for growth -
Slowing economic growth, hampered by stubborn inflation, has inhibited consumer confidence across the...more
Ongoing uncertainty hampers dealmaking in second quarter of the year, but mining megadeals and the race for clean energy offer a ray of hope.
Global dealmakers had a lot to contend with in the second quarter of this year....more
8/15/2023
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Against the odds, dealmakers put in a solid performance in 2022, but this year has seen a slow start as buyers in the US M&A market clamor for much needed regulatory clarity -
Global M&A markets gave both optimists and...more
Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more
1/30/2023
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M&A started strong in 2022 with robust deal activity and megadeals dominating the landscape that was largely the result of unprecedented spillover from 2021. But then, things took a turn and deals stalled in the second half...more
As predicted in our previous M&A report, 2022 has not lived up to the runaway performance of 2021. As activity—still at impressive levels considering everything that has been thrown at the deal market—takes a breather, we...more
9/13/2022
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