Deal Street Dilemma

The mega USD 60-billion merger of the HDFC twins, USD 10.5-billion Adani-Holcim deal along with USD 2.7-billion LIC share sale in the June quarter pushed the deal market to an all-time high of USD 130.3 billion in the first half of 2022, a report said on Wednesday. Deals worth USD 130.3 billion was more than double than the value recorded in the year-ago period, making it the highest semi-annual period since records began in 1980, according to the data tabulated by Refinitiv, an LSEG business. The April-June quarter of 2022 saw the strongest deal making activity, pushing the total deal value to a record USD 130.3 billion in the first half of the year, which is more than double of the year-ago period and sets an all-time semi-annual record by value and number of announced deals since 1980, the report said. The report attributes the numbers to the significant growth opportunities in the overall market and domestic consolidations bolstering Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), which was .

Domestic deals continued to dominate overall M&As, accounting for 67% of the total, as home-grown companies preferred the inorganic route for growth