An exciting month for BCMS and Business! UK becomes world Number Two market. Deals from the food, civil engineering, software and construction sectors. Trends: Why Cash is King in M&A.

3. Featured Deals Completed in October

4. China has overtaken the US in outbound mergers and acquisitions for the
first time, underscoring a global buying spree driven Beijing’s programme to
encourage companies to buy assets and technology from abroad.
Chinese acquisitions jumped 68% in Q3 to $174bn, according to a new
report, including 27 deals worth $10.6bn in Germany alone.
The US has been the world’s most acquisitive country for more than 30
years. But outbound US dealflow has slowed this year due to the Presidential
election and a crackdown on tax-avoiding M&A.

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$108bn $39bn $47bn

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