insto - Australian financial markets

The deep freeze that descended on financial markets across the most advanced economies one year ago did not spare the M&A world. However there are definite signs of life re-appearing, reports Catherine Raisig*

For a while there it really did look as if mergers and acquisitions teams worldwide had been dealt a lethal blow. With the collapse of US financial services provider Lehman Brothers just over a year ago, M&A activity slumped the world over and the involvement of private equity players in deal activity became virtually non-existent.