Dealmaking Boom Set to Continue Next Year Despite Headwinds

  • Health care, technology will continue to lead the way in deals
  • Oil and gas volumes also expected to pick up next year
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Dealmaking is set to continue its bumper run into next year, despite an anticipated interest rate rise in the U.S. and risks from global economic hot spots.

As the U.S. economy continues to grow, the world’s biggest companies will seek to expand through mergers and acquisitions, Paul Parker, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s co-chair of global M&A and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Kurt Simon, global chair, mergers & acquisitions, said in a Bloomberg Radio interview. Despite record levels of M&A in 2015, there’s still plenty to be done.