Fundraising challenges, higher financing costs, market volatility and an ever-tighter regulatory environment are upping the pressure for M&A among asset managers. Those drivers, however, apply differently depending on which...more
12/15/2023
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Asset Management ,
Banking Sector ,
Buyers ,
Capital Markets ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Investment Funds ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sellers
Welcome to our year-end edition of M&A Insights, where we preview some of the themes we expect to shape deal-making over the next 12 months.
Continued volatility in the debt markets has resulted in another subdued year for...more
12/13/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Asset Management ,
Capital Markets ,
EU ,
Financial Sponsors ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Global Market ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Software Developers ,
Technology
As we look ahead to the second half of 2023, the outlook for M&A remains complex. In the six months to the end of June, global deal value stood at USD1.2 trillion, around one-third of last year’s annual total.
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In this edition of M&A Insights we share our deal-making predictions for the year ahead. Despite the uncertain geopolitical landscape, inflationary pressure and rising interest rates we are cautiously optimistic for the...more
The human cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is devastating. It is rightly the focus of attention around the globe, including for commercial parties with operations or business relationships with a Ukrainian, Russian or...more
The value of global M&A transactions surged to a record high of over USD5.8 trillion in 2021, an increase of 64% on 2020, and 48% higher than 2018, the previous highest year on record....more
The overhaul of the UK listing regime recommended in Lord Hill’s Review of the Listing Regime and Ron Kalifa’s Review of UK Fintech aims to attract the most innovative and successful tech companies to London and create a...more
Dealmaking across the globe continues to break records, as investors take advantage of benign market conditions to deploy capital at an accelerating pace....more
With effect from 10 August 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority is implementing its Listing Rule changes and guidance for UK Special Purpose Acquisition Companies....more
While transaction data for the first half of 2021 show an extraordinarily strong year-on-year growth in worldwide deal value, they do compare with the quietest period for transactions in a decade as Covid-19 took hold last...more
The question at the end of 2020 was whether the strong recovery in M&A activity could be sustained in 2021.
Evidence from the first quarter data looks remarkably positive overall. By deal value, this is the strongest Q1...more
With the EU and the UK having reached a free trade agreement which sets out a framework for the substantial agreements to be put in place to govern their future relationship and the UK having left the single market and the...more
2020 has been a year of two very distinct halves but signs of recovery give grounds for optimism. ...more
2019 was a challenging year for equity capital markets. Proceeds from IPOs fell by over 25% in the UK, and by more than 30% across Europe. A number of political and economic factors, which contributed to pricing uncertainty...more