The total number of global controlling-stake mergers and acquisitions terminated in a given year has dropped in each of the past four years. In 2017, 643 deals were terminated, compared to 428 in 2021. But there may be a shift in this trend depending on how the the remainder of 2022 plays out. This year’s count of terminated deals sits at 403 as of Nov. 18.
Quarterly counts of terminated deals display more volatility in the data. During Q2 2022, the number of terminated deals reached the highest total since Q4 2020.
The peaks and valleys of quarterly data fail ...
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