Global M&A and, more specifically, public securities transactions and buyout activity has slowed amid a shortage of debt financing caused by rising interest rates and banks’ reluctance to open their money taps. The unprecedented geopolitical and macro-economic volatility around the world − and hawkish interest rate moves – drove up financing costs and weighed down valuations. The number of leveraged buyout deals announced worldwide has significantly dropped, while the overall value of transactions has taken a hit.
This panel will discuss how acquirers are rethinking how they pull off large deals, and the challenges they have been facing in this restrictive environment, after such a contraction in global buyout activity, as the gap between buyer and vendor pricing expectations has widened, and securing debt to finance deals has also become more challenging and expensive. The panel will also tackle the perspectives for the future, taking into account any further changes in the economy and political scenarios that may affect positively deals in the pipeline.