M&A 2016: Bullish on M&A

An episode of the McKinsey on Finance podcast, hosted by McKinsey Strategy & Corporate Finance, titled "M&A 2016: Bullish on M&A" was published on March 23, 2017 and runs 17 minutes.

March 23, 2017 ·17m · McKinsey on Finance

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In a year of smaller acquisitions and higher prices, cash deals won the day.

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Listen to the podcast (duration: 17:38) > M&A activity slowed in 2016: The number of deals decreased as did the combined value of them. Are we seeing an end to the M&A wave we’ve been experiencing since 2009? McKinsey’s Michael Park and Werner Rehm put recent trends into context and provide an optimistic outlook for future deals.

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