China 'will be most active M&A player'

18 Oct 2007
Posted by loner

China 'will be most active M&A player' - Chinese companies are set to be Asia's most acquisitive in the US or Europe next year, according to a survey of the region's dealmakers [Financial Times - Asia Pacific]

What did I say then?

M&A dearth threatens jobs | FT (4 years 29 weeks ago): Going, going, going....... "The pressure for investment banks to continue cutting jobs looked set to continue on Wednesday after global merger and acquisition activity plunged dramatically in the past nine months of the year. The value of worldwide announced deals in the third quarter fell 11.6 per cent to USD299.2bn, generated from 5,799 deals, according to data from Thomson Financial. " - more