2017 Full Year Global RiskArb Report
02 February 2018 - 12:00 am UTC
Dealreporter has published their 2017 full year Global Risk Arb report. The report includes a review of deals covered by Dealreporter across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, with all deals covered having seen a pre-announcement or announcement in 1H17. The report includes exclusive proprietary data and analysis on riskarb for Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Highlights of the report include:
• Global public M&A 9.3% down but AP region holding up
• Mid-sized transactions and mega-deals drove 2017 public M&A
• Declining global lapse ratio, Europe highest
• Greater China main driver for AP
• UK still country leader in Europe, despite Brexit
• M&A decline in NA amid antitrust concern and activism
• Cash deal still preferred option but declining
• Financial Services and TMT sector leaders in all three regions
• Cross-border deals declining in Europe, stable in AP and NA
• Deal duration shortened globally, NA longest
