Jan 18, 2024

Corporate dealmaking is “in” for 2024

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We'll look at what's held back mergers and acquisitions over the past yea and hear why M&As might be on the up-and-up.

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Why corporate dealmaking could pick up this year

by Justin Ho

Jan 18, 2024

Rising interest rates, a volatile stock market and a strict regulatory environment are just some of the factors that held back corporate dealmaking in 2023. Some of those obstacles could ease in 2024, but they aren't going away.

A big reason that mergers and acquisitions have dropped is because rising interest rates have made it costlier to buy a company.

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