According to a study conducted by TTR , in the third quarter of 2015 the volume of mergers and acquisitions in Mexico has grown by 62% compared to the same period last year. This is due to the fact that there have been several large deals of more than $500M.
According to a report by Hosteltur, the tourism industry is experiencing a wave of acquisitions and mergers that has accelerated globally and in Spain over the last two years. The trend mainly affects the purchase of hotel assets by investment funds or chains, but there is also a strong process of concentrations in intermediation and air transport.
Spanish companies go on a buying spree. In March, Grifols, Cisca, Suara and Percentil bought foreign companies in their sectors. In addition, foreign investors such as Klépierre and Carlos Slim have also shown interest in Spain.
2014 has been a very important year for M&A in Spain, with operations reaching an investment of €79,500M, a figure not reached since 2007, and large operations by corporations, which had been years without buying to restructure their balance sheet. Although there is still a long way to go, it seems that 2015 will be the year of the consolidation of M&A in Spain, and will have these trends as protagonists.
2013 was a good year for mergers and acquisitions, with a total of 1183 deals worth €70,955M. This represents an increase in deals of 29.57% compared to the previous year.
The interest of industrial investors in the meat sector has been sustained both in terms of assets from bankruptcies and in terms of acquisitions and alliances for growth.
In 2012, the publishing sector has seen several corporate movements with an increasingly significant presence of Planeta and Ramdom House.
The media sector has had two names of its own, Secuoya and Vértice. Both have carried out operations with venture capital that have allowed them to obtain liquidity to fulfil their development plans.
In the food sector, corporate groups have taken advantage of the opportunity to make some very sweet moves in recent years. Growth has come from joining forces in the niches where they were already present, acquiring more of the pie and sorting out markets.
The beverage sector has seen a number of corporate transactions in recent times, with Coca-Cola bottlers and the world of beer being particularly prominent.
According to TTR, the United States and France lead the ranking of the countries with the highest number of Spanish company acquisitions during the third quarter of 2013.
During 2012, the crop protection residues sector was mainly driven by the acquisition of shares in the US company Sterycicle. A total of seven transactions were recorded, five of which were carried out by Sterycicle.