Equip yourself with five key figures on how the year has started in German M&A.
Buoyed by more than a 4% GDP growth across much of the region, together with increased foreign investment and private equity activity, Central and Eastern Europe saw healthy levels of M&A in 2018. However, concerns over a potential impending global economic slowdown are likely to impact M&A volumes in 2019, experts told Mergermarket.
When a company’s share price falls more than 50% over 10 months, does it sound alarm bells or flicker ‘buy-me’ eyes to an admiring fleet of suitors?
Private equity’s love affair with the French Financial Services sector is growing year-on-year, and as deals begin to pile up, Dealspeak digs around to unearth details beneath the data
News that Siemens’ [ETR:SIE] merger with Alstom [EPA:ALO] has been blocked on competition grounds further highlights the obstacles faced by those intent on creating “European champions” to compete with Chinese and US giants.
Pubco opportunities in the UK have seen eyewatering multiples.
This week's episode, hosted by Deane McRobie, features EMEA research editor at Mergermarket, Jonathan Klonowski, and Mergermarket private-equity reporter, Claude Risner.
The team review UK M&A activity in 2018 discussing Brexit woes affecting market volatility and sectors to watch if the country heads towards an economic downturn. Also hear their predictions for 2019's deal pipeline.
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
M&A targeting Turkey in 2018 saw subdued activity, but despite the low number of deals, the country saw an increase of 40.4% in deal value compared to 2017.
Kenny Wastell hosts Oscar Geen, Gareth Morgan, Julian Longhurst, Francesca Veronesi and Chris Papadopoullos for the second instalment of the Unquote podcast 2018 roundup. The panel discusses the upcoming Annual Buyout Review, the Nordic region's record year, and sums up activity in the DACH, Benelux and CEE regions.
Germany is proud of its automotive industry; its small and medium-sized enterprises make up the backbone of Europe’s manufacturing landscape. From production, supply chain management and distribution, Germany’s ‘Mittelstand’ companies predominantly occupy the industrials sector.
A spate of privatisations across Arab nations provided a backdrop to an otherwise muted year of mergers and acquisitions within MENA as the region reached USD 24.2bn across 118 deals. Mergermarket discusses drivers expected to guide M&A throughout 2019.
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