Across the globe, experts predict mergers and acquisition
(M&A) activity to grow in the first half of 2016. The expected
growth is fueled in part by recovering economies, steady global
interest rates, and quantitative easing (QE) measures by the
European Central Bank.
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by CT Corporation
The anticipated growth continues the trend set in the first half
of 2015, when M&A deals reached an all-time high1
and broke the previous records set in 2007, just before the global
recession.
Of course the experts' crystal balls can only see so far
into the future. While 2015's success is expected to set the
stage for the first half of 2016, the increasing volatility of
financial markets and predicted US interest rate hikes, as well as
increased scrutiny of deals by state courts and the Department of
Justice, makes it hard to determine the rest of the year's
forecast.
