The rapid spread of coronavirus around the world, coupled with Saudi Arabia’s decision to increase the supply of oil, led to a market panic last week that sent prices of stocks, bonds and asset-backed securities plunging in Europe and North America. Instead of stabilizing markets, the US Federal Reserve’s emergency action on Sunday to cut interest rates to near zero and revive a USD 700bn quantitative easing program pushed stocks down over 10% on Monday as countries closed borders.   Companies, investors and advisors confront widening yield.

The rapid spread of coronavirus around the world, coupled with Saudi Arabia’s decision to increase the supply of oil, led to a market panic last week that sent prices of stocks, bonds and asset-backed securities plunging in Europe and North America.    Instead of stabilizing markets, the US Federal Reserve’s emergency action on Sunday to cut interest rates to near zero and revive a USD 700bn quantitative easing program pushed stocks down over 10% on Monday as countries closed borders.    Download the full report to learn more. 

Mergermarket is pleased to present the Baltic M&A Monitor, in association with Ellex. This report provides a detailed look at M&A activity in 2019 in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, along with forecasts for the year ahead.   With 65 deals worth €1.04bn, 2019 proved to be the second-best year for dealmaking in the Baltic region since the credit crunch (beaten only by the record-breaking 2018) despite muted global economic growth.   Other highlights from the report include:   Estonia saw the highest number of deals for the.