Pierre Ledan

Feb 20, 2024 | imd.org | Tomoko Yokoi |Camilla Erencin |Simon J Evenett |Pierre Ledan

 2023 was far from being a bumper year for global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. Rising interest rates, slowing growth, and headwinds such as geopolitical tension all hit M&A volumes for the year, with the value of deals falling by around 30%. But M&A in technology, media and telecoms (TMT) outpaced dealmaking in all other sectors.