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Matthias Knab, Opalesque: Reflecting a 6.7% year-on-year (YoY) decline from 54,141 deals announced in 2023, a total of 50,523 deals across mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity, and venture financing were announced globally during 2024, revealed a study.
According to the GlobalData report, despite the overall downturn, certain markets demonstrated resilience, highlighting the nuanced dynamics of the global deal-making landscape.
Of all the deal types, venture financing deals saw the highest YoY decline of 17.2% during 2024 while private equity deal volume fell by 2.1% and the number of M&A deals decreased by only 0.4%, said the report.
North America and South and Central America saw their respective deal volume fall by 10.6% and 15.2% YoY in 2024, whereas Europe, and Middle East, and Africa witnessed a decline in deal volume by 6.7% and 4.7%, respectively.
In the meantime, Asia-Pacific showcased relative resilience compared to other regions with its deal volume registering a much lesser decline of 1.4% during 2024 compared to the previous year.
"Even though all the regions and all the deal types registered a decline, the impact varied widely with some experiencing massive double-digit fall in deal volume while some witnessing marginal declines. Notably, some countries registered improvement in deal activity during the year," said Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData.
"Meanwhile, the trend remained a mixed bag among the different markets wit...................... To view our full article Click here
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