• Brexit sentiment largest influence on UK dealmakers
• Inbound foreign investment less than half of 1H18 figure
• Private equity take-private deals on the increase

• US deal activity up 14.6% year-on-year
• Domestic M&A accounts for two out of three deals
• 2Q19 global PE buyout value increases on past two quarters

Despite suffering its slowest start to a year since 2013, dealmakers at the tenth Mergermarket Nordic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Stockholm are confident that a strong year of Nordic M&A lies ahead, Hanna Gezelius and Jonathan Klonowski report. 

Delve in to what was discussed at MENA Mergers 20919.

Here's where you'll find all the resources from our speakers at the Nordic M&A and Private Equity Forum 2019.

Record attendance at Mergermarket's annual Nordic conference did not hide it's been a disappointing start to the year.

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.

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.