Despite Bumper M&A Dealmaking, Global Trends Are Down In 2013

M&A Intelligence Service Mergermarket released its Mergers and Acquisitions overview for Q1 – Q3  of 2013.  Here is a synopsis of the key global trends. Global M&A deal flow Global M&A deal flow crossed an important milestone in 2013 – for the first time Q1-Q3 M&A value of USD 1606.7B overtook the value of USD 1522.8B achieved for the same period in 2012. This represented a 5.5% growth and at this rate, 2013 could see the highest total since 2008 (USD 2407.6B). Top Regions The U.S. (USD 654.5B) had a 40.7% share and Europe (USD 478.7B) had 29.8%. Here’s the…