With mega-deals elusive, global third-quarter M&A deal volumes slip

With mega-deals elusive, global third-quarter M&A deal volumes slip

U.S. one dollar banknotes. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

The value of mergers and acquisitions globally dropped slightly in the third quarter of 2017, as big deals worth more than $10 billion were scarce given uncertainty about economic policy in the U.S. and Europe in particular, leaving dealmakers to feast on a plethora of smaller transactions.

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