Stock Tips » Acquisition and Merger http://stocktips.co.in/blog Tips and News on stock market for every one Wed, 19 May 2010 18:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Global mid-market M&A volume slips 40% to $316 bn: Dealogic http://stocktips.co.in/blog/2009/08/26/global-mid-market-ma-volume-slips-40-to-316-bn-dealogic/ http://stocktips.co.in/blog/2009/08/26/global-mid-market-ma-volume-slips-40-to-316-bn-dealogic/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:28:16 +0000 admin http://stocktips.co.in/blog/?p=1185 The global mid-market merger and acquisition activity (M&A) value has fallen to $316.3 billion, the lowest since 2003 level whereas the mid-market merger and acquisition (M&A) deals are those transactions which are valued between $100 million and $1 billion. However, the mid-market deal volume, which constitutes about 20% of the overall M&A volume, has registered a decline of 40% over its corresponding period last year while real estate has emerged as the most targeted industry in the mid-market M&A segment and has cornered deals worth $48.5 billion so far this year.

Moreover, finance was the second most targeted industry with $37.4 billion deals, while the oil and gas segment accounted for $30.1 billion transactions. However, M&A volume till August is standing at $1.3 trillion, down 38% from the year ago period. Moreover, there was a downturn in terms of value as well as volume where the global M&A deal count hit 20,000 on August 5 whereas last year, this threshold was passed on June 18 and by August 5, 2008, there were already over 25,000 deals.

However, the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) was the most active region and attracted 7,652 deals till August 5, accounting for 38 per cent of global M&A deals. Meanwhile, in terms of most targeted nations, the United Kingdom attracted the maximum number of transactions and cornered 1,261 deals and Russia was ranked in the second place with 1,049 deals.

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