Reuters reported that global dealmaking was essentially flat over the first nine months of the year, even with the $130 billion Verizon Communications transaction that bolstered Q3 M&A volumes.

Reuters said further that ongoing uncertainty about global economic recoveries, the possibility of rising interest rates as well as “increasingly activist
investors clamoring for a return of capital to shareholders,” means top investment bankers and lawyers don’t expect a significant pickup in deal activity soon.

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