May was mixed bag in the corporate deal book. While private equity activity increased, mergers and acquisitions dipped. According to data from FactSet, U.S. M&A activity decreased by 6.3% in May. While 964 announcements were made in April, 903 were made in May. However, M&A spending increased significantly, jumping 100.1%. M&A activity: Tech Leads the Way in Announcements, Finance in Amounts Tech has seen the greatest amount of M&A activity in the past three months. Announcements jumped to 526 from 477 year-over-year. The laundry list of tech M&A newsmakers is long. Avago Technologies revealed plans to acquire fellow chip maker…
M&A Activity Dips in May, While Shareholder Activism Trends Toward Settlements
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