Monthly M&A Insider: October09 November 2007

This is the definitive crib sheet to see what is happening in global M&A. This edition comprises of over 150 pages of comment, data and statistics on the key issues in key M&A territories.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Private equity's secret sigh of relief

3. GDF and Suez announce the merger agreement

4. Canadian banking makes a move into the North American Financial Sector

5. North America

6. Asia-Pacific

7. Europe

8. UK

9. Germany

10. France

11. Italy

12. Benelux

13. Iberia

14. Nordic

15. CEE/CIS

September: month of recovery for global M&A markets While the month of August saw investors nervously watching the credit crisis unfold and global equity markets take a battering, September has witnessed a remarkable turnaround, with Asian stock exchanges now trading at record-breaking levels and US and European bourses hovering at historic highs. M&A markets will almost certainly benefi t from the rebound, with one article in the FT proclaiming that “we might see quiet times in M&A for the rest of this year, but not for much longer”...

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