M&A Boom: When will it end? (1 Viewer)

[mr_shittles]

I was reading this article and I was just amazed at the frenetic pace of M&A activity at the moment.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/sto...w&guid={88711BDE-100F-49FE-88BA-3A1C06258656}

The two leading investment banks, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, have done 303 and 375 deals each so far this year. Given the fact that we are only 46 weeks through the year, that's like 6-7 deals a week that Goldmans have been doing and more than 8 per week for JPMorgan.

Total deals this year so far are worth US$3457 bn . . . which a staggering figure.
Given the fact that the peak this year is so much higher than in the past couple of years, there must be a downturn comming the next few years . . . . any predictions?

 

[velox]

When PE owns everything bar china.

 

[Meads]

I hope it never does.

It is always interesting to read about.

 

[turtleface]

me no like M&A. gives Ibanks too much profit. No good.

 

[AppleXY]

M&A's have been expotenial compared with 2004. Private equity was a mofo attacking coles, a manufacturing co (cant rememeber the name) and qantas