Q4 2020 Canadian M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Chayten Hansra - March 21, 2021April 2, 20210 M&A Activity Overview Canadian M&A activity finished the year strong with 935 transactions announced in the final quarter of 2020. The fourth quarter M&A announcement numbers are partially higher than “normal” because many deals were put on pause in the earlier part of the year. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there
Q3 2020 Canadian M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Jacob - January 8, 2021January 9, 20210 North American Overview In the third quarter of 2020, North American M&A activity experienced its largest increase since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as companies looked to the middle market to complete transactions. Certain sectors engaged in M&A activity to take advantage of struggling businesses while other sectors participated in
Q2 2020 Canadian M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Rares - July 27, 2020January 8, 20210 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact global markets, some firms are looking at an opportune time to buy distressed firms. Whether that be those that are unable to pay their large fixed costs or those suffering from a large drop in demand, many troubled firms will soon be bought
Q2 2020 US M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Richie - July 16, 2020January 8, 20210 In Q2 2020, global M&A activity fell to levels that rivaled the aftermath of the great financial crisis hitting just $439 billion. On a YoY basis, American M&A activity took the biggest hit with aggregate deal value totalling only $258 billion. This was a decline of 69% from Q2 2019
Q1 2020 Canadian M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Rares - June 23, 2020January 8, 20210 As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in Q1 2020, volatility in the markets increased, which affected M&A deal flows. While the beginning of Q1 was relatively normal, the tail end of the quarter saw shutdowns across the world. The impact of these shutdowns will likely not be fully
Canada M&A Roundup Q4 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions by Kirill - January 31, 2020January 9, 20210 Contribution from Kirill Sukhikh, Edited by Vlad Kovalenko Canadian M&A market in the fourth quarter has seen a decrease in aggregate deal value by $8.8B comparing to the previous quarter. 677 deals valued at $69.8B were announced over the third quarter. Consumer Cyclical sector accounted for $17.27B, Financial sector for $16.24B
Canada M&A Roundup Q3 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions by Vlad - October 29, 2019October 29, 20190 Canadian M&A market remained robust in Q3, even though experiencing a slight decline after an outstanding second quarter. During the third quarter, 665 transactions valued at $61.2B were announced. While the Canadian buyers were less active during the quarter, the foreign companies continue to be interested in Canadian businesses. During
US M&A Roundup Q3 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions by Vlad - October 15, 2019October 16, 20190 As the tensions between US and China escalated sharply during the third quarter, the global mergers and acquisitions market, as well as the US activity, plunged to reflect the higher risk and greater uncertainty about the potential dealmaking. Deal making in the US fell 40% from last year to $289
Q3 2019 EMEA PE-backed M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Bocconi Students PE Club - October 8, 2019January 10, 20200 By Margarida Veloso Initially posted on the BSPEC blog Global M&A deal value decreased 37% vs Q2 2019 and 24% YOY Global M&A deal value amounted to USD905bn during Q3 2019. This figure represents a 37% decrease in comparison to the previous quarter and a 24% decline YOY. The YTD value of M&A
US M&A Roundup Q2 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions by Vlad - August 1, 20190 Although the overall number of transactions moderated in the second quarter, there was an uptick in the mega deals. Deal volume reached $839.2bn, up 27.4% and 11.5% from the first quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2018 respectively. Consumer Noncyclical, Industrial and Energy sectors drove the majority of