The region’s burgeoning digital economy is drawing attention from investors across the globe
The SPAC phenomenon has spread to Israel, where regulators have laid the foundation for local SPAC IPOs as well
Take private activity reached a decade high in the first half of 2021, fueled by large sums of dry powder and heated competition for assets
H1 2021 dealmaking within the continent appears to be turning a corner
PE is breaking records, notably in the education sector
The region’s largest economies—Brazil and Mexico—lead the dealmaking revival
PE investors stand ready to fund spinoffs of non-core assets as companies refocus for the recovery
The market has already seen a wave of de-SPACs this year, with Dealogic recording 176 such deals worth in excess of US$386.1 billion
Demand for net asset value (NAV) finance—where private equity (PE) firms raise borrowings against the NAV of the assets in their funds—is on the rise.
New Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has put scrutiny of SPACs and private funds at the top of his agenda
Even as economies pick up, dealmakers have maintained focus on managing the risk of broken deals
President Joe Biden's approach to the national security risks posed by foreign-backed M&A may differ in style from his predecessor, but not in substance
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