Deal volume fell accordingly, hitting a then four - year low of 884.
Figures from Mergermarket put Skadden at the top of the table by total global deal value for Q1 - Q3, with Davis Polk leading the European and UK rankings after a subdued third quarter which saw global, European and UK
deal volumes fall to four - year lows.
Not exact matches
That report, from Dow Jones VentureSource, says second - quarter dollar
volume fell 2 percent from the previous quarter, and the number of
deals declined 0.5 percent from the first quarter.
Uncompetitive prices and
falling export
volumes as major importers strike
deals with new suppliers spell trouble ahead and farmers should be locking in record profits while they can.
M&A activity generally declined in February 2017, with total
deal volume and the number of transactions
falling in the U.S. and globally.
The
volume of
deals fell especially far in changing markets including Houston and San Francisco while investors turned to secondary markets where yields are higher.
That eagerness will keep the
volume of
deals from
falling too far.
«The last three months have been the same story — it has been another month of disconnect between rising prices and
falling deal volume,» says Costello.
Indeed,
deal volume by public companies
fell 67 % to $ 646 million in the first quarter of 2016 from $ 2 billion in the fourth quarter and was down 79 % from $ 3.1 billion in the first quarter of 2015.
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Deal volume for commercial property transactions is
falling at double - digit rates on a year - over-year basis.
But
falling commercial real estate prices and growing worries about the creditworthiness of many corporations have curbed
deal volume.