As much of the global economy shuts down, the M&A pipeline is slowing: Companies are facing a lack of debt financing, wild stock market swings and restricted face-to-face contact for business deals—making it harder to seal new transactions by skleb1234
With large parts of the world shut down due to the coronavirus, global mergers and acquisitions have been put on pause with companies being forced to abandon takeover deals as they struggle with staying afloat and paying workers.from its $35 billion bid of rival printing company, HP, earlier this week saying it needs to instead focus on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its business.
According to analysis from Dealogic, the value of M&A activity in the first quarter was significantly lower than the last quarter of 2019, down 35% globally and 39% in the U.S. The value of worldwide M&A activity fell 25% from last year, totaling just $730.5 billion in the first quarter of 2020, according to data from Refinitiv.
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