Fear factor fades as global M&A hits seven-year high
Rush of large deals in telecoms, healthcare and consumer sectors, setting off a likely chain reaction
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CHIEF executives got their deal-making confidence back in 2014, emboldened by a clearer outlook for their businesses to take the global value for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to their highest annual level since 2007.
The total was boosted by a rush of large deals in the telecoms, healthcare and consumer sectors, with transactions, some of which had been contemplated for years, promising to cause a chain reaction as rivals move to defend their territory.
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