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DatabankApril 19 2022

Global M&A volumes drop by 20% in Q1

It has not been a great start to the year for the global mergers and acquisitions market, with deal volumes down across all regions. Burhan Khadbai reports.
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Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volumes totalled $989.5bn in the first quarter of 2022, down by 20% on the same period last year, making this the slowest opening quarter since 2020, according to data from Refinitiv Deals Intelligence.

The number of deals has also decreased by a similar amount, down by 19% from last year. It is also the first quarter that has registered global M&A volumes under $1tn since the second quarter of 2020. However, the number of deals with a value greater than $10bn has increased by 38% compared with last year, but smaller ticket deals between $1bn and $5bn have fallen by 40%.

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