Prime M&A Candidates in the Next 12 Months: Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs analysts Robert D. Boroujerdi, Michael Chanin, Deep Mehta, and Christopher Wolf present their case for a likely pickup in U.S. M&A activity and their strategic M&A ideas.

M&A: Current trends

Into 3Q2013, global M&A dollar volumes are up 13% y-on-y and 22% q-on-q.

U.S. M&A activity is also robust. 3QTD13 is the best quarter since 2Q2007 (data through September 24, 2013). YTD dollar volume is up by 28% y-on-y,