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🗓️ 3 August 2021
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0:00.0 | This is a |
0:06.7 | is exchanges at Goldman Sachs and I'm Allison Nathan a senior strategist in Goldman Sachs. |
0:12.2 | Today we're going to discuss the surge a senior strategist in Goldman Sachs research. |
0:13.0 | Today we're going to discuss the surge in M&A activity |
0:16.5 | and what's in store for the second half of this year. |
0:19.3 | We're joined by Stephan Feldgeis and Mark Sorrell, the Global Co-heads of Mergers and acquisitions in the Investment Banking |
0:25.8 | Division here at Goldman Sachs. |
0:27.6 | Stephan and Mark, welcome back to the program. |
0:29.8 | Thank you for having us. |
0:30.9 | I look forward to it. |
0:32.2 | You were both on this program back in February discussing the Rebound in Global M&A and the appetite |
0:38.5 | for companies and private equity sponsors to engage in at the time I think you described and I think it was you Mark who described |
0:45.8 | it as big bold strategic moves has that level of activity continued Mark maybe you can |
0:51.9 | answer that. |
0:53.0 | Sure, thanks, Allison. |
0:54.2 | I would say, very broadly speaking, since we last spoke, |
0:57.5 | we've really seen activity really continue, |
1:01.6 | at least at the pace that we saw it in the first part of the year. |
1:05.5 | I think that as the year has gone on, I think appetite, as we talked about last time, |
1:12.0 | appetite for clients to consider larger transactions |
1:15.6 | so both on the corporate side and private equity side I think has built. |
1:19.2 | So I think we have seen a continued improvement in confidence and a continued desire to pursue large and bolder moves across pretty much every sector, every size, every region, and we've seen it continue to build through the year. |
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