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Populism is on the rise across the world as President Donald Trump works to enact America-first policies, the British craft a formal exit strategy from the European Union, and two non-establishment party presidential candidates go head to head in France. But that isn't scaring corporate dealmakers in the U.S. who say more M&A opportunities are on the horizon and global politics isn't impacting their strategies.
With the U.S. seeing the second highest first-quarter deal activity in a decade (up 22% to $366 billion from last year), nearly 80% of U.S. executives say they plan to actively pursue mergers and acquisitions over the next year. That's well above the long-term average of 47%, according to new data from EY's bi-annual Global Capital Confidence Barometer, which surveys 2,300 corporate executives.
Source: Fox News
(Score: 2) by n1 on Wednesday April 26 2017, @12:53AM (1 child)
The same story was run by CNBC http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/24/nearly-80-percent-of-executives-want-to-make-a-deal-despite-dc-uncertainty.html [cnbc.com]
But they're both reporting on a survey by EY, one of the four largest accounting/professional services firms in the world.
(Score: 2) by nethead on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:52AM
Not just the US, the 120 year old French company that I work for is getting absorbed by a young 93 year old French company that is 14% owned by the French government.
Soon, I too, will be an agent of a foreign government!
How did my SN UID end up over 3 times my /. UID?