Third Quarter Deals Break All Records in Biggest M&A Boom

A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, on July 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Global mergers and acquisitions reached record highs this year with an outstanding third-quarter performance, shattering previous highs, before and after the financial crisis.

M&A deals worth $4.33 trillion have been made to-date in 2021, breaking the previous high $4.1 trillion hit in 2007. The third quarter saw deals worth $1.52 trillion. Based on Refinitiv data, this is the largest volume done in all recorded quarters. There is an increase of almost 38 percent when compared with last year.