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...

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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...

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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...

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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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Event-Driven Update Q1 2023

BOSTON, MA, April 19, 2023 — In this issue of our Event-Driven Update, we discuss M&A deal activity trends in the first quarter of the year. SPAC sponsors have expanded their search globally in the quest for target companies with at least...

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