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Global Financial Services Industry: M&A and Capital Market Landscape 2024 Review
The 2024 financial services market witnessed a resurgence in M&A activity, driven by interest rate cuts, investor optimism, and strategic deal-making.
The 2024 financial services market witnessed a resurgence in M&A activity, driven by interest rate cuts, investor optimism, and strategic deal-making.
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FY’24 was a pivotal year for investment banking, with M&A deal value rising 10% to USD 3.2T, record debt market activity, and a resurgence in equity capital markets.
In 2024, investors continued to view the healthcare sector in terms of its historical status as a “go-to” market amidst uncertainty and engaged in ‘big ticket’ deals, highlighting the industry’s resiliency and value creation.
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In H1’24, the financial services sector witnessed broad-based recovery which was majorly driven better economies, impending interest rate reductions, and better than expected corporate earnings.
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In H1 2024, investors continued to view the healthcare sector in terms of its historical status as a “go-to” market amidst uncertainty and engaged in ‘big ticket’ deals, highlighting the industry’s resiliency and value creation.
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In 2023, the financial system was again put to the test by the ripple effects of the regional banking crisis and the tightening of financial conditions, with pockets of growth arising from the resurgence of investor interest spurred by the possibility of lower interest rates
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The North American consumer and retail sector wrapped up Q3 2023 on a positive note, marked by robust retail sales, noteworthy M&A activities, and ongoing challenges.
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In Q3’23, investors continued to view the healthcare sector in terms of its historical status as a “go-to” market amidst uncertainty and engaged in ‘big ticket’ deals, highlighting the industry’s resiliency.
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Q2 2023 ended with mixed results for the North American consumer and retail sector. Although, the worries stemming from regional banks were addressed, headline inflation dipped to 4%, and the US debt ceiling concern were finally resolved, the sector continued to face macroeconomic headwinds, such as high-interest rates, ongoing geopolitical tensions, tightening labor market, and increasing raw material costs. Despite these challenges, the sector showcased resilience with moderate spending growth and positive financial market performance.
M&A deals in Asia Pacific region dropped to the lowest levels since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, affected by economic volatility coupled with monetary tightening. Despite some relief given by domestic-level market resilience from major regional emerging economies, the overall sentiment for 2023 continues to be subdued and guided by key economic elements such as inflation and financial markets instability
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The Global Healthcare Industry witnessed a surge of deals in Q1 2023 as investors continued to view the sector in terms of its historical status as a “go-to” market during uncertain times.
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M&A deal volumes drop lower in Q1 2023 due to economic uncertainties, with APAC contributing just 30% of global M&A. Improved volumes in Japan were the bright spot. Expectations are for a more normalised level of M&A activity resembling pre-2021 levels.
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The global financial services market underwent a significant change in 2022 as the world economy struggled to recover from the effects of a protracted epidemic. However, the deal volume from 2021 did not produce a straightforward figure that could be easily repeated. Therefore, as economic and geopolitical volatility took its toll, businesses appeared to have started concentrating on concluding the correct deals to support strategic growth and capital returns rather than expanding the volume of deals.
The sharp decline in Global IPO activity in 2022 had a substantial impact on the financial markets, as it followed 2021.
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Deal activity across the global healthcare industry remained low, a stark contrast to the economic buoyancy witnessed during the same period last year. Investors continued to adopt a cautious approach amid the uncertainties related to global growth outlook…
Global O&G M&A activity slightly decreased in Q3 2022 amid indication of current global slowdown; however, North American M&A activity is up. Current geopolitical tensions and energy security is impacting the oil and gas sector majorly.
Despite low volumes, rising costs, supply chain interruptions, and lowered guidance in Q3 2022, the North American consumer and retail sector has continued to see modest growth, albeit at a considerably slower rate than in 2021…
In 2022, the prevalent geopolitical conditions and macroeconomic uncertainties caused a decline in broader market performance in general and the tech stocks declined to a high level, due to which sector experienced a downtrend in M&A and listing activity.
The risks to the M&A outlook for Asia Pacific markets are overwhelmingly tilted to the downside as rising prices continue to impact growth prospects worldwide. While taming inflation remains the top priority for policymakers, tighter monetary policies will inevitably have real economic costs.
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The global financial services market continued its frenetic pace of M&A and capital market activity at the start of 2022, keeping pace with a record-breaking 2021. However, it must be noted that the deal volume in 2021 did not yield an easy number that could be effortlessly replicated.
The first half of 2022 saw ~USD 2.2 trillion of M&A deals being announced, ~21% lower than the same period last year and the slowest opening six months for M&A in two years. Technology, financials, and industrials accounted for almost half the total deal value in the first half of 2022.
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