Trend Report

Mergermarket is pleased to present the Baltic M&A Monitor, in association with Ellex. This report provides analysis of M&A activity in 2020 in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, along with forecasts for the year ahead.

Mergermarket is pleased to present Dealmakers: Mid-market M&A in Australia 2021, published in association with Pitcher Partners.

The latest report from Debtwire Par and Mergermarket reviews the key trends from LBO financing in Western European markets from 2020.

The impact of the coronavirus crisis in 2020 led to subdued M&A activity in the first half, but dealmakers reached unprecedented levels of deal making in the final few months of the year. 

The pandemic brought dealmaking to a halt for much of 2020. But there are signs of a recovery and a new report by Ansarada and Acuris reveals optimism is growing for 2021.

At the beginning of 2020, the signs for M&A in Portugal were positive – there was a strong pipeline of deals from both strategic and private equity players and expectations were high. Then the pandemic hit.

First to feel the pains of COVID-19, Asia-Pacific may be one of the first regions to rebound in a post-pandemic world. Such is the sentiment among M&A dealmakers in the region. Read the full report with Baker Tilly here. 

Uncertainty and volatility will weigh heavily on market sentiment. Dealmakers are cautious and readying themselves for a difficult and challenging period ahead.

Business cycles are guaranteed, but few anticipated the global recession precipitated by a viral pandemic that sent the world into lockdown. Italy was the first country in Europe to be hit by the pandemic and has been on of the worst affected. Consequently, buyout activity and M&A more broadly took a significant hit. Read the full report published in partnership with Gatti Pavesi Bianchi here. 

Dealmaker sentiment has shifted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, many remain optimistic that economic conditions in Australia will be better than those in other global markets. Download the full report here. 

The European Commission has forecast an 8.7% contraction in the region's economy for 2020. Read the full European Deal Drivers report here. 

Inevitably, M&A activity was heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic that had such dramatic effects on markets worldwide during the first half of 2020. Download the Deal Drivers Americas report here.