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Dealmakers defy stubborn M&A market with rare $1 trillion haul
Fortune·2025-09-29 14:40

A rush of big, bold mergers and acquisitions is lifting dealmakers in an otherwise slower-than-expected market for getting transactions off the ground.Global deal values have topped 1trillioninathirdquarterforonlythesecondtimeonrecord,accordingtodatacompiledbyBloomberg,thankstotransactionslikeMondaysroughly1 trillion in a third quarter for only the second time on record, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, thanks to transactions like Monday’s roughly 55 billion take-private of video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. by a consortium including Silver Lake Management. It means values are now up 27% at around $3 trillion for the ...