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From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:

In this article, we will look into M&A activities in Europe and Y.S. which performed differently year-to-date. Part One, which looked at M&A in emerging markets can be accessed here.

Mergers and acquisition (M&A) activities around the globe increased from January through Q3 2010 and European countries experienced a general upward trend this year. European M&A recorded a 49.6% rise ($406.1bn) compared with the same period in 2009, according to independent mergers & acquisition intelligence services mergermarket.

In its latest M&A Round-up for Q1-Q3 2010, mergermarket said that the number of announced M&A deals in Europe totaled 3,111 from January to September, or up by 17.5% from Q1 -Q3 2009. Europe's share of global M&A for the period Q1-Q3 2010 increased to 28.6%, up from 23.9% in the same period in 2009.

Outbound M&A activities in Europe reached $87bn in Q3, making it the most active quarter since Q3 2008. At the same time, inbound activities was 250% higher compared with the same period in 2009.

In terms of volume, the largest transaction in Europe to date is year is International Power's $27.3bn acquisition of GDF Suez Energy. As in other regions, Goldman Sachs has regained its top ranking o......................

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