A total of 3,348 deals, comprising mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture financing deals, were announced globally during January 2024, which was a decline of 34.1 percent compared with the announcement of 5,083 deals during January 2023, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company.
The number of M&A deals fell by 29.2 percent in January 2024, compared with January 2023, while private equity and venture financing deal volumes were down by 45 percent and 40.6 percent, respectively.
“Following the 2023 trend of declining deals activity, subdued dealmaking sentiments also continued to prevail in 2024, with the first month of the year seeing a decline,” said Aurojyoti Bose, lead analyst at GlobalData. “In fact, all the regions and several key markets globally experienced a fall in deals volume.”