M&a-pe Deals

M&A activity dips amid geopolitical concerns, only 5 mega deals this year

By the end of August 2023, about 21,500 M&A deals had been announced, with a total value of $1.18 trillion. This represents a 14 per cent decrease in the number of deals

M&A activity touches all time high in 2022, 58.2% higher than 2021: Report

In Private-Equity (PE)-backed M&A activity, India crossed China for the first time since 2008 accounting for 28 per cent of the market share as compared to China's 24 per cent

Number of deals fell 40% in Aug, M&A volume worst since May 2020: Report

Value of deals down 52% y-o-y as investors turn cautious, says study by Grant Thornton Bharat

India Inc's deal activity sees 3% jump to $13.2 billion in July

India Inc witnessed a 3 per cent rise in deal activity to USD 13.2 billion across 181 transactions in July, a report said on Tuesday. Going by the number of deals, the volumes showed a 66 per cent increase to 181 transactions, thus indicating a dip in average ticket sizes, the data by the consultancy firm Grant Thornton Bharat said. When compared to the preceding June, the deal volumes were 6 per cent higher, while the deal values were 33 per cent up because of a higher number of big-ticket transactions, it added. This surge in deal activity was primarily due to companies continuing to borrow economically and spending their cash reserves on transformative deals to reposition themselves for the post-COVID-19 world, its partner Shanthi Vijetha said. Vijetha said the firm hopes for the deal trend will remain positive in the coming months too. According to the report, the USD 13.2 billion of investments is the highest ever for any month since 2005. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ...

Toshiba must seek suitors, another big shareholder says, after CVC's offer

The comments are from 3D Investment Partners, which owns a 7.2% stake in Toshiba

Tessolve raises $40 mn from Singapore's Novo Tellus at $100 mn valuation

The funding will be used by Tessolve, a Hero Electronix venture, to drive further growth through acquisitions and organic investments

Private equity deals more than double to $33.8 billion in 2020: Report

A slew of private equity transactions in 2020 has pushed up the money inflows through this route by 108 per cent to $33.8 billion, according to an industry report

As Asian deals disappear, India becomes unlikely hotspot for M&A

Thanks to investments in Jio, India accounts for more than 12 per cent of announced deals in the Asia Pacific region so far this year, the highest ratio since at least 1998.

PE-VC investors see decline in fund raising activity for next 1 yr: Crisil

According to the survey report, though the market is sitting on sufficient un-invested capital, or 'dry powder,' good investment opportunities are seen as difficult to find in the current environment

Second deal in a day for Jio Platforms: L Catterton to invest Rs 1894.5 cr

Jio Platforms has now announced a combined investment of Rs 104,326.95 crore in 10 deals since April 22

RIL sells another 2.32% in Jio, this time to Vista Equity for Rs 11,367 cr

This is Jio's third major announcement in three weeks after it previously sold stakes to Facebook and Silver Lake

Covid-19 pandemic takes toll on global M&A as $1 billion deals disappear

Worldwide merger activity so far this year is down 33% from a year ago and at $762.6 billion is the lowest year-to-date amount for dealmaking since 2013, the data showed

M&A-PE deals drop 24% in value terms in Jan-March at $22.5 billion

The drop was attributed to the Vodafone-Idea merger, valued at $23 billion in the first quarter of 2017