A New Vision for How Organizations Can Use M&A to Adapt to a Post-Pandemic Economy
Deal makers at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic worried a prolonged liquidity crunch would have a chilling effect on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). But the global equity markets recovered quickly, and government programs and low interest rates propped up the loan and bond markets, enabling companies to bolster their balance sheets. And while Covid-19 had an effect on the M&A market, it wasn’t the negative one anticipated. The pandemic forced many companies to retool and reassess their businesses, and M&A became a quick way to act on both.