The Outlook For 2010 BRIC Outward M&A

One of the striking features of 2009 M&A is that 2009 marked the first time on record that emerging market outbound M&A volume at US$131.8bn outpaced inbound volume, with most of this outbound M&A being BRICs-based. Hence CFW identifies the recent trends in BRIC outward foreign direct investment (OFDI)/M&A (the link between the two is clear, as all BRIC countries have shown a preference for M&A versus greenfield investment as a mode of OFDI, especially India). We then suggest the 2010 outlook for BRIC outward M&A.

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