China

For the Q3 2019 edition of the Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor, we spoke to Professor Dr. Michael Lamla about China’s outbound M&A aspirations.

While China has experienced an economic slowdown, there are reasons to be optimistic about China’s growth picture and the M&A deal making outlook.

The latest Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor revealed that global early-stage deal activity has been ramping up nearly everywhere, except in Latin America.

The region that is the world’s M&A growth engine, and which is leading global deal sentiment, is Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

First half 2015 China M&A volume saw a 41% increase YoY and over 39% YoY growth in mid-market activity. These numbers imply a 2015 run-rate of 6,000 deals.

After years of neglect from capital markets, soft commodities are in demand. Is there room in the M&A space for both hard and soft commodities?

Equities valuations for Australia’s largest miners came off the boil, as did commodity prices, and the Chinese economy did not grow as strongly.

The early part of 2013 showed some settling down in the Asia Pacific M&A market after a stellar fourth quarter in 2012.

Not to be outdone by their U.S. and European counterparts, Asia-focused hedge funds are having a bit of resurgence this year, with over $3 US billion of new capital being allocated in the second quarter, according to HFR.

I recently returned from Mexico where I presented at an event that was co-sponsored and co-hosted by Intralinks and Mergermarket. The purpose of the event was to discuss the importance of Mexico as an emerging participant in the global economy and the maturing M&A and corporate finance activity with more than 100 bankers, lawyers, corporate development professionals, and executives.