[With the coming TPP and the Eurozone equivalent, the TTIP, we might as well add "too big to regulate.]
According to a survey released Monday by consulting firm EY, the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions, or M&A, is set to continue over the coming year. It found that 59 percent of global companies are planning to secure at least one deal over the next 12 months, partly as a means of cushioning waning global growth as China's economy slows.
The figure for October is up from 56 percent in April and 40 percent at the same time last year. It represents the highest interest in acquisitions that EY's survey of corporate deal-making has found in its six-year history.
EY said the boundaries between industries looks set to blur, with 48 percent of executives planning acquisitions in a different sector as new technology impacts almost everything along the business chain. The manufacturing and retail sectors are set for the most such activity.
And companies are increasingly ready to make deals outside their home country. The firm said 70 percent of respondents are looking to do so....
more here...
http://news.yahoo.com/corporate-deals-rise-despite-global-jitters-010242521.html
According to a survey released Monday by consulting firm EY, the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions, or M&A, is set to continue over the coming year. It found that 59 percent of global companies are planning to secure at least one deal over the next 12 months, partly as a means of cushioning waning global growth as China's economy slows.
The figure for October is up from 56 percent in April and 40 percent at the same time last year. It represents the highest interest in acquisitions that EY's survey of corporate deal-making has found in its six-year history.
EY said the boundaries between industries looks set to blur, with 48 percent of executives planning acquisitions in a different sector as new technology impacts almost everything along the business chain. The manufacturing and retail sectors are set for the most such activity.
And companies are increasingly ready to make deals outside their home country. The firm said 70 percent of respondents are looking to do so....
more here...
http://news.yahoo.com/corporate-deals-rise-despite-global-jitters-010242521.html
