
Global M&A industry trends: 2024 mid-year outlook
The M&A show must go on. Save the date! M&A activity will bounce back—it’s just a matter of when, and how dealmakers can prepare.
Regulatory reform, more stringent capital requirements, risk management considerations, disruptive technologies, a low interest rate environment, and enhanced reporting requirements were all challenges to growth in banking and capital markets, even before COVID-19 entered the picture. Sophisticated strategies and solutions will be required for financial institutions to navigate the pandemic and gain a competitive edge. PwC professionals assist many of today's largest banks and securities firms with their most challenging issues in every segment of the financial industry: consumer/retail banking, commercial banking, wholesale banking, mortgage banking, securitisation, capital markets, insurance, investment management, broker/dealer and real estate.
The M&A show must go on. Save the date! M&A activity will bounce back—it’s just a matter of when, and how dealmakers can prepare.
Increasing pressure on financial services companies to transform and grow will create M&A opportunities in the second half of 2024.
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Kurtis Babczenko
Global Banking and Capital Markets Leader, and US Finance Transformation Leader, PwC United States