SS&C Intralinks Predicts M&A Slows in Q2 2022; Overall Volumes Keep Pace with Previous Year

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Apr 07, 2022, 09:00 ET

WINDSOR, Conn., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced results from the Q2 2022 SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor, a quarterly publication of future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announcements.

"Omicron, inflation and supply-chain woes converged in Q4 2021 to limit M&A volume that had seen a series of consecutive record dealmaking quarters," said Bob Petrocchi, Co-Head, SS&C Intralinks. "From our vantage point, the markets are still healthy, and global M&A announced volume will keep pace with this period last year. However, for Q2 2022, we forecast M&A volume declines in quarter-over-quarter activity in all regions except Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based on our insights into pre-announced activity."

While the impact of the situation in Eastern Europe is being calculated from an economic standpoint, global deal flow is holding steady as M&A deal makers are factoring in geo-politically induced volatility.

Regional market forecasts for Q2 2022 M&A activity:

Asia Pacific will underperform against Q1 2022, with announced deal volume forecast to decline by less than 5 percent while remaining flat compared to the same period in 2021.
Europe, the Middle East and Africa are forecast to remain flat against Q1. However, the region's announced volume is expected to show growth of between 5 and 10 percent compared to Q2 2021. Though the data analysis was conducted before the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, from a total regional perspective in Europe, issues such as inflation and supply-chain challenges are currently outweighing any concerns related to the invasion.
Latin America is forecast to underperform against the previous quarter, declining less than 5 percent and remaining flat against this period last year.
North America's announced volume is expected to increase by 5 to 10 percent against the same quarter last year. Still, it is also forecast to decrease 5 percent compared to the previous quarter, ending multiple record dealmaking quarters.

The SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor forecasts the number of future M&A announcements by tracking early-stage M&A activity from the previous four quarters, defined as new sell-side M&A transactions that are in preparation or have begun their due diligence stage. On average, early-stage deals are six months away from public announcement.

SS&C Intralinks is a pioneer of the virtual data room, enabling and securing the flow of information by facilitating M&A, capital raising and investor reporting. SS&C Intralinks has executed USD 35 trillion worth of financial transactions on its platform.

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