Fuelled by a consolidation wave and rising confidence in the country’s economic growth prospects, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity increased to $69.75 billion across 1,195 announced transactions in 2016, beating the previous record of $66.96 billion seen in 2007, when dealmaking was at its peak, according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters.
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