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M&A Market Set To Close 2011 With Slight Y-O-Y Gain

This week saw the release of the preliminary full year 2011 figures for the global M&A market from Thomson Reuters. Although the findings are far from surprising, CFW notes that a... 2011-12-16

PE Funds Need To Keep One Eye On The Exit

The buying power of private equity funds is growing in strength. According to Thomson Reuters data correct to June 16, financial sponsor deal activity is up by 53% y-o-y in terms of... 2011-06-23

A Week Of Two Stories

Last week was a week of mixed signals for the near-term corporate financing outlook. On one side, equity market and debt market activity has been rampant. Indeed, issuers in the equity... 2011-05-26

Is Regulation Holding Back The M&A Charge?

What a difference a week makes. Last week the M&A market was alive with tech sector news of Microsoft 's US$8.5bn takeover of Skype ; this week with the operator of the Nasdaq... 2011-05-19

M&A Heats Up But Risks Remain

M&A is heating up; at least that's what the chatter is on the business pages this week. Activity has certainly been gathering steam: according to Thomson Reuters data, worldwide... 2011-05-11

Abundance Of Targets To Drive M&A

United States

M&A activity has been on an impressive charge so far this year. Indeed, according to Thomson Reuters data, global deal activity is up by 60% y-o-y, with US$879.9bn of deals inked so... 2011-04-27

EM Driving Cross-Border Deal Activity

Crossing borders remains popular among dealmakers. Ignoring the short-term volatility sparked by the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan and by ongoing political uprisings in... 2011-04-14

Dealmakers Remain Optimistic

Last year was no flash in the pan. The positive momentum behind M&A activity in 2010 appears to have carried over successfully into 2011. The aftermath of the global financial crisis... 2011-03-10

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