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Global M&A market

In this video, learn about the recent history of the global mergers and acquisitions business and the prominence of M&A deals in the global economy.

In this video we consider the recent history of global M&A business leading up to the financial crisis and what followed. Jeff outlines the prominence of M&A deals in the global economy, what factors influence buyers selling their stock and what kinds of mergers are found.

Here is a snapshot of some facts and figures relevant to the US and global M&A markets that are presented in the video.

Types of merger

M&A facts

$This image features four statistics regarding M&A facts. The first is a business themed silhouette image referencing the fact that 75% of global deals involve private firms with annual revenue under US0 million. The second demonstrates that most purchase prices are under US0 million. The third image is a small fraction of one-third, indicating that divestitures are one-third of transactions. The final image is a padlock which represents the statistic that 15% of merges and acquisitions are private equity, and mostly leveraged buyouts.$

M&A volume in four global areas

This image is a pie chart which represents the M&A volume across global areas. These areas are the US and Canada, 45% of global M&A deals, Western Europe, 25%, Japan and Australia, 15% and emerging markets at 15%.

What investment banks are advisors?

Worldwide	Asia-Pacific (exc. Japan)	Japan
Global	UBS	Nomura
Morgan Stanley	Macquarie Bank	Mizuho
Goldman	Citigroup	GCA
Citigroup	Morgan Stanley	Citigroup (US)
JP Morgan	Goldman Sachs	Merrill Lynch (US)
Merrill Lynch		Daiwa
HSBC (No Korean / Japanese / Chinese)

Leverage buyout volume decline after financial crisis

LBO dollar volume	1990	2005/8	Post crisis
US	4%	30%	15%
Europe	3%	31%	14%

The leverage buyout volume decline graph shows that pre-financial crisis, LBO volume in M&A deals was 30% and 31% for the U.S. and Europe respectively. Following the crash, this dropped to 15% and 14% respectively, denoted by the graph's trend lines.

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