Closing Bell

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

As to be expected, cross-border M&A activity has started off the year in a hurry. The combined value of announced deals so far is up by a whopping 44% from the same stage last year,... 2011-02-02

A lot may have changed in the global M&A market over the past few years but 2010 has seen the return of one dealmaking 'norm': after playing second fiddle in 2009, Goldman... 2011-01-05