Event-Driven Update Q3 2024
Global M&A activity increased 19% year over year in 2024 and has been primarily North America and Europe focused. Collectively, these geographic segments have accounted for 75% of total deal volume year to date. SPAC IPO issuance so far has surpassed 2023...
Event-Driven Update Q2 2024
In the U.S., M&A is up 38% compared to last year’s slower first half and is tracking to be up 15% for the year, subject to the election outcome and continued rate uncertainty. During most presidential election years, deal activity troughs in...
Event-Driven Update Q1 2024
M&A activity in Q1 continued to rebound from last year’s trough, as the value of announced deals surpassed $300bn for the second consecutive quarter.
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Event-Driven Update Q4 2023
In this quarter’s Event-Driven Update, we discuss the decline in global M&A transactions, multiples on strategic deals reaching a 15-year low, and the fall of deals from financial sponsors, and we look at what impact a softening from regulators may have on bank...
Event-Driven Update Q3 2023
In this quarter’s Event-Driven Update, we discuss the year-over-year decrease in SPAC IPO issuance and its impact on new listings and secondary trading. M&A activity is also down year-to-date. Despite the reduced activity, a wider spread environment has emerged that is more...
Event-Driven Update Q2 2023
BOSTON, MA, July 21, 2023 — In this issue of our Event-Driven Update, we discuss current supply and demand dynamics impacting the front and back-end activity in the SPAC and M&A space. In June, the strategy captured returns from several closed merger...
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