Global Mergers & Acquisitions Review
Global Mergers & Acquisitions Review FIRST HALF 2020 | FINANCIAL ADVISORS Global Mergers & Acquisitions Review First Half 2020 | Financial Advisors Global Deals Intelligence Global Announced M&A $4,500 30,000 WORLDWIDE DEAL MAKING FALLS 41%; LOWEST FIRST HALF SINCE 2013 Worldwide M&A activity totaled US$1.2 trillion during the first half of 2020, a decrease of 41% compared $4,000 to year-ago levels and the slowest opening six-month period for mergers & acquisitions since the first 25,000 half of 2013. The second quarter of 2020 registered a 25% decrease compared to the first quarter of the year and marks the slowest quarter of deal making since the first quarter of 2012. By number of $3,500 worldwide deals, deal making declined 16% compared to year ago levels, a six-year low. $3,000 20,000 CROSS-BORDER M&A DECLINES 15% TO SEVEN-YEAR LOW $2,500 Cross-border M&A activity totaled US$440.7 billion during the first half of 2020, a 15% decrease 15,000 compared to a year ago and the slowest first half for cross-border M&A since 2013. The Industrials, $2,000 Technology and Energy and Power sectors accounted for 37% of cross-border deals during the first half of 2020, down from 40% a year ago. $1,500 10,000 US TARGET M&A DECLINES 69%, LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL M&A ON RECORD $1,000 M&A activity for US targets totaled US$354.9 billion during the first half of 2020, a decrease of 69% 5,000 compared to the level of activity seen during the first half of 2019 and the lowest opening six-month $500 period for US deal making since 2012.
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