The State of Global M&A: 2026 An M&A super-cycle begins? | LSEG
Global M&A in 2025
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World-wide M&A surges 49% - The total value of M&A rose to $4.6trnin 2025, a healthy year-on-year rise,but still short of the 2021 ‘anomaly’.
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Deal-count fails to keep up - By contrast, the number of announcedM&A transactions dipped 3% to 52.000 -a five-year low in deal activity.
The value of deals was up by a third in the fourth quarter from the previousthree-months, giving good momentum for 2026.
Insights
- The US has returned to 20th Century style dominance of M&A markets.
- Big deals are getting bigger and more plentiful. Scale has become a virtue.
- Private equity firms are becoming more active, particularly in exits and add-ons.
- Acquisitions of developed world mid-market companies was broadly flat, butmany developing markets saw promising growth in the number of transactions.
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