2019: A year of mergers and acquisitions

In 2019, a wave of U.S. ‘super mega’ mergers drove corporate deal-making to its fourth-strongest year on record. Each of it worth more than $10 billion. It was despite the economic jitters that roiled global trade.

According to figures compiled by data provider Refinitiv, the merger and acquisition activity lagged 2018 for much of the year. However, a surge of deal-making in the final quarter drove the value of takeovers ....