Dealmakers are worried that bond market turmoil and global instability could hit mergers and acquisitions in 2016 after deals reached an all-time high this year, surpassing 2007’s peak.
Driven by a surge of tie-ups in the pharmaceuticals, energy and consumer sectors, the total value of announced transactions has climbed to $4.6tn, compared with $4.3tn eight years ago, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Many of these deals have been for tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, including blockbuster tie-ups between drugmakers Pfizer and Allergan, brewers AB InBev and SABMiller, and oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group.
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