In this episode of The Dealist podcast, host Catherine Ford is joined by Liam Stoker from Reuters Professional and Ashwin Moranganti from SS&C Intralinks to unpack findings from AI in M&A Dealmaking: A Benchmark Study. Based on responses from 400 global deal professionals, the research reveals just how quickly AI is becoming embedded in deal workflows — and where the risks are beginning to outpace the safeguards.
The conversation explores:
- Why AI adoption is no longer the headline — governance is
- What it means that nearly 80 percent of dealmakers have experienced AI-related security or accuracy incidents
- Why senior leaders remain cautious even as deal teams push ahead
- How tool sprawl is creating new challenges across the deal life cycle
- Why permission-aware access, secure AI architecture and model context protocol (MCP) matter to M&A workflows
For dealmakers, the message is clear: the winners will not be the firms that adopt AI first, but the ones that can use it without losing control.
Download AI in M&A Dealmaking: A Benchmark Study here.
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