Global Dealmakers Suffer Worst January for M&A in Two Decades
- Financing markets remain squeezed for private equity firms
- Deal values down across all major regions and sectors
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The world’s dealmakers are enduring their worst start to a year in two decades, as economic and financing headwinds continue to prevent a bounceback in mergers and acquisitions.
Global deal values ended January at about $124 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That was down roughly two thirds year-on-year and the worst tally for an opening month since 2003, the data show.