Dealmakers’ Confidence Reaches All-Time Low
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ACG-Thomson Reuters Year-End 2008 DealMakers Survey Reveals Obstacles and Opportunities for M&A and Private Equity Investing in First Half of 2009
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Dealmakers Most Bullish on Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Energy
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Debt Markets Projected to Improve
NEW YORK, December 9, 2008 – The latest twice-yearly survey of middle market merger professionals by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and Thomson Reuters reveals the most negative outlook in the history of the survey, with 86% of dealmakers saying the current M&A environment is fair or poor. The percentage of those who say the current deal environment is good or excellent has fallen to 14% in December 2008, from a high of 93% in June 2007. The percentage has steadily dropped to 72% in December 2007, and to 43% in June 2008.
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