EY’s 2016 Global Capital Confidence Barometer continues to find a strong acquisition appetite together with a growing inclination to forge new alliances. Prolonged economic challenges are driving investment decisions, leading companies to ally and cooperate to generate growth as well as compete and acquire to gain market share. Explore insights from 1,700 senior executives on economic outlook, growth and M&A.
The Global Capital Confidence Barometer is a bi-annual conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of EY. It gauges corporate confidence in the economic outlook and identifies boardroom trends and practices in the way companies manage their Capital Agendas — EY’s framework for strategically managing capital. Discover more on ey.com/ccb.
Key findings include:
• 50% expect to actively pursue acquisitions in the next 12 months
• 40% of executives intend to enter alliances to accelerate top- and bottom-line growth
• Five-fold increase in appetite for US$1b to US$5b deals
• 74% considering cross-border investments
• 37% expect distressed asset sales to become more prominent in deal making
