Bigger-ticket transactions helped boost the total value of M&A and equity issuance during the second quarter even though the number of the deals remained muted. A pickup in $10 billion-plus M&A announcements outside the US helped ensure that the total value of global deals recorded its third straight quarter of year-over-year growth, but the number of deals fell for the 10th st...
READAnnouncements of large M&A transactions slowed in May after a quick start to the year. ConocoPhillips' $22.53 billion deal to acquire Marathon Oil Corp. was the only global M&A transaction of $10 billion or larger announced in May. That ended a streak of five straight months in which at least two $10 billion-plus M&A transactions were announced. Still, with 14 such deals announ...
READTwo more US M&A announcements topped $10 billion in April, with the largest deal being a going-private transaction. Silver Lake Technology Management LLC is acquiring Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. in a transaction valued at $21.09 billion, and Johnson & Johnson announced a $12.95 billion deal for Shockwave Medical Inc. The transactions increased 2024's total number of global $10...
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