CNBC April 4, 2018
- In the first three months of 2018, there were 3,774 deals globally, totaling $890.7 billion.
- So far this year, there have been $393.9 billion invested in U.S. companies.
- Domestic activity was also particularly strong in China.
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity across the world has hit a seventeen-year-record high in the first quarter of 2018, according to a report by research firm Mergermarket.
In the first three months of 2018, there were 3,774 deals globally, totaling $890.7 billion, it said Wednesday. This was the strongest start to the year since 2001, when Mergermarket began recording...