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M&A

Meaning in finance & banking, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In finance & banking, M&A means: Short for mergers and acquisitions: deals in which companies combine with each other or one company buys another.

In Turkish: birleşme ve satın alma, şirket birleşmeleri ve satın almaları

How it is used

Said 'M and A'. Used in investment banking, law firms and the business press: M&A deals, M&A advisers, the M&A market. Banks advise on and finance M&A transactions, and buyers carry out due diligence first.

Example sentences

  1. M&A activity slowed down this year because of high interest rates.

  2. Our team is financing the acquisition, and another bank is the M&A adviser.

Common collocations

  • M&A deal
  • M&A adviser
  • M&A activity
  • cross-border M&A
  • due diligenceA careful investigation of a company, deal or customer before an agreement, to check the facts and find any risks or legal and financial problems.
  • valuationAn estimate of what a company, asset or property is worth, or the process of calculating it.
  • IPOShort for initial public offering: the first time a private company sells its shares to the public on a stock exchange.
  • leverageUsing borrowed money to finance assets or investments, or the level of a company's debt compared with its equity or earnings.

More terms: Corporate Finance

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