The number of Technology M&A deals is down so far this year, although comparison is with a very strong 2016. A key trend in the UK was the increase in cross border deals to 43% of the total in the first half of this year, up from 35% in the same period last year, despite sterling rallying. Valuations remain at record levels as investors acquired high growth/high price assets in AI, IoT and cloud software.
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The Technology sector continues to outperform as investors continue to search for growth in a low growth world. 2015 was the sixth consecutive year in which the number of Technology M&A deals has increased and the year of the largest ever Technology deal.
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With post Brexit impact looming there is concern that UK confidence could be dented. Far from it, since Brexit sterling has fallen but equity markets have soared to near record levels. UK Technology M&A activity also remains robust with a wave of deals closing. In fact, we have seen the biggest ever tech deal in Europe when SoftBank (Japan) acquired ARM for £24.3bn.
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Microsoft was the biggest acquirer with 19 deals in 2015. Microsoft and IBM each ramped up their acquisition machines to kick start growth.
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The valuation of Global Technology M&A Deals are in record territory and the number of deals have increased in 2015. Hot sectors include: payments, big data and IoT.
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Markets had a tougher time in 2014 as the pace of world growth stuttered along. Interest rates remain very low, reflecting a continued low growth, low inflation world. The big fall in oil prices in 2014 should boost growth in 2015, but inevitably interest rates will start rising (albeit modestly) at some point.
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The Technology M&A market certainly had its share of excitement in the first half of 2014 with another increase in the number of deals announced. Google and Yahoo are feasting themselves, while Cisco remains sidelined. Facebook paid a staggering $380m per employee for WhatsApp and also acquired a virtual reality headset business at 100x revenues
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A huge amount of medicine, in the form of cheap money, has flooded the world, particularly in the US, UK and Japan. As a result, ultra-low interest rates have inflated the value of assets globally
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