At the half-year stage, US dealflow was down sharply whilst China was least impacted. Megadeals declined although mid-market showed resiliency. Meanwhile, private equity's global M&A market share reached record level.

The gold mining sector is littered with junior miners and single-mine companies that, in a previous era, might have been acquired by majors as soon as they made a big discovery, obtained a key permit, or entered project financing to build their mine

Energy businesses, particularly those involved in exploring for oil and gas, are facing a challenging and turbulent M&A environment to start 2019.

Last Thursday at Mergermarket’s annual Financial Services Forum in NYC, several speakers from major financial institutions identified emerging markets, private credit and fintech as major growth areas for traditional and alternative asset managers. 

This September marked the one-year anniversary when 12 major shareholders in US shale oil and gas producers met in Manhattan to discuss ways to turn fracking operations from cash burners into cash distributors. In the following months since that clandestine meeting, the very same shareholders, including Invesco Ltd., Macquarie Group and others, pressed executives to curtail capital expenditures and instead use that cash to reward investors with dividends and share buybacks.

While steep tariffs and current account deficits of late have sent emerging market (EM) currencies and equity markets into a tail spin, longer-term demographic trends may have larger consequences for asset prices in developing markets.  

Strong GDP growth and unremarkable Q2 corporate profits have imbued investors with confidence for the time being while a slightly weaker dollar is welcomed news for vulnerable emerging market economies; will a new trade deal with Mexico and a hypothetical dollarized Venezuela keep Latin America out of EM turmoil?    

Following Fed Chair Powell’s speech, content editor Matt O'Brien takes a look at how rising rates could dampen investment and risk defaults across EMs.

For Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the third time could be the charm.

Ahead of our Technology Forum, experts from EY discuss factors that need to be considered when successfully integrating a tech acquisition.

Hana Askren reports from the sidelines of the annual conference in Houston.

Media M&A has hit the ground running in 2018 with Comcast’s proposed $40.9bn takeover of Sky.

Since the start of 2017, increasing competition, cheap financing and record fundraising has led to increasingly larger buyouts, and the trend shows no signs of waning.