The first quarter of 2015 was the busiest for mergers and acquisitions since Towers Watson's QDPM records began in 2008 and is a continuation of the merger-wave that started mid-2014. The financial performance of acquirers has also continued during this period having closed deals which outperformed the market by 2.5 percentage points.
The research—run in partnership with Cass Business School—also reveals that the market for large deals (over $1 billion) returned in the first quarter of 2015 with 41 having already closed; an all-time high for the period. From a geographic perspective, Asia-Pacific was once again the outstanding performer, followed by Europe and North America, which is rebounding after a slower than expected 4th quarter.
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