Mergermarket and Mazars are pleased to present CEE View: Inbound M&A report 2018/2019. This report offers an overview of investor activity into the CEE region in 2018, and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities for the coming months.   Key highlights include:   Inbound deal activity was one of the main drivers of M&A across CEE in 2018. Cross-border deal value more than doubled year-on-year, rising to €27 billion and accounting for more than half of total CEE deal value for the year. This performance made last year the second.

Mergermarket is pleased to present A blueprint for digitalisation, produced in association with Noerr and the Technical University of Munich. This report offers analysis of the German M&A market between 2013 and 2018 and an insight into how businesses can move towards a successful digitalisation strategy. Key findings include: 68% of businesses surveyed in this report say that digital transformation now plays a central role in their strategy. However, 45% do not have or do not know whether they have a clear digitalisation strategy. Acquisitions.

In the current era of the 24-hour news cycle, focusing on the long term can seem like a novelty. And yet many corporate executives and investors have begun emphasizing the benefits of looking beyond the upcoming quarterly or annual financials. However, not everyone agrees that longer-term thinking is a worthy priority, and some disagree about the length of time worth prioritizing. To explore the most important factors influencing long-termism in the current environment, Toppan Merrill commissioned Mergermarket to speak with four leading experts for.