Dealcast: The M&A Podcast ION Analytics

In this episode we’re heading back to Asia where there has been a significant slowdown in dealmaking in the first part of this year.

M&A deal volume in APAC plunged 40% year over year to USD 107bn in 1Q24, the lowest since 2013. Deal count slid 19% to 1,908 transactions, the smallest number since 2004. Our Mergermarket data also reflected low activity in China – which accounted for 33.2% of all APAC deal volume, down from 39.2% a year ago – as well as in private equity, coupled with less than stellar performance elsewhere.

Joining Julie-Anna Needham is the Seoul Bureau Chief and Editor for APAC, Kate Kim.

In this episode, we’re looking at the next installment of a series of special episodes called M&A Tales, where you'll hear about the human side of M&A. These episodes are presented by Rupert Cocke who's a senior editor for Mergermarket is joinied by Julian Macedo, who is the founder of the Deal Team, a London based firm that provides in house project management for IPOs and M&A

In this episode we’re finding out about space M&A in Europe. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Joanna Socha, who is a Mergermarket Journalist based in Warsaw.

Today we’re heading to Mumbai and in this episode we’re looking at how the ownership model of the IPL teams is changing. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Darshan Rane who is the India Bureau Chief for Mergermarket.

In this episode we're heading to Mexico to find out about the booming Fintech Sector in Latin America. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Adriana Curiel who is the Mexico correspondent for Mergermarket.

In this episode we’re looking at a funny thing which has happened on the way to the US stock market hitting record highs this year. Several publicly traded companies decided they would be better off operating in the private markets. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Troy Hooper who is Head of Pre-Event Equity Capital Market Coverage at Mergermarket and Cristiano Bona who is Senior US Equity Capital Markets Reporter at Mergermarket.