Growth continues to remain important to the Barometer panel, with the highest percentage of respondents ever, 52% citing growth as their primary focus.
While most of the ingredients necessary for a deal recovery are now in place — plentiful cash reserves, adequate credit availability and rising economic confidence — the M&A market continues to be restrained by conservatism.
Despite a more favorable deal making environment, leading corporates are not yet convinced to engage in M&A. Read our sixth Capital Confidence Barometer.
Technology mergers and acquisitions YOY value slowed in 2Q 2012. Transformative technologies continue to drive deal volume, but economic woes impact deal value. Learn more.
For the past three years, leading corporates focused on reducing financial risk, improving operational fitness and learning to live with volatility. Read our fifth Capital Confidence Barometer.
Listen to Pip McCrostie discussing the mixed M&A messages coming from respondents of the fourth Capital Confidence Barometer.
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How Eurozone issues create M&A opportunities Professor Simon Johnson, of MIT and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, points out that Eurozone challenges present great opportunities for forward-thinking businesses.
Bullish on M&A long-term Corporates are cautious on M&A short-term, but bullish beyond that. Rich Jeanneret, Vice Chairman of Transaction Advisory Services, discusses the Capital Confidence Barometer on Fox Business News.
