Deals
China, Brazil Are Left Out of M&A Boom That's Sweeping the Globe
- Buyers in developed economies pull back from emerging markets
- Overall dealmaking still on track to break 2007 records
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In a year of potentially record global dealmaking, executives are turning a cold shoulder to buying companies in China, Brazil and other emerging markets.
The culprits: geopolitical uncertainties, market and currency volatility and a slump in commodity prices. Deals to buy companies in emerging markets are headed for their quietest year since 2009 -- at a time when the dollar amount of global transactions this year is poised to surpass the $4.2 trillion achieved in 2007, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.