The current M&A cycle might have come to an end if transaction volumes are anything to go by, that's according to a new report from analysts at Morgan Stanley.
According to the report's data, US M&A activity is down by half from its 2015 peak, while European activity remains subdued. The slowdown has been so aggressive that M&A activity in the last 12 months has fallen below the . . .
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