OUTSTANDING ACTIVITY
M& A deal volume hits a seven-year high in 2017 and the outlook for 2018 looks promising, finds an EY report
1,022
In 2017, the deal volume reached a record high since 2010
12%
The deal value, however, declined to $ 46.8 billion from $ 53.2 billion in 2016
$ 37.9 bn
Domestic deal value accounted for more than three- fourth of the total disclosed value.
13
Number of bigticket deals in 2017 compared to 21 in the previous year.
$ 8.9 bn
With this cumulative disclosed deal value, the year saw 340 cross- border deals
71/ 45 ( INBOUND/OUTBOUND)
United States continued to be the most active cross- border partner, followed by Singapore
8
Number of billiondollarplus deals, from 12 in the previous year
$ 11.6 bn
The telecom sector dominated the M& A activity in value terms, largely due to the Vodafone- Idea megamerger worth this amount
$ 105 mn
Significant drop in average deal size in 2017, from
$ 147 million in 2016
$ 25 bn
PE deals in 2017, the highest ever