Rising confidence among the world's top chief executives and a rally in equity markets failed to lift deal activity during the first nine months of the year.
The global value of deals fell 37 per cent to just $1,620bn (￡1,010bn) in the nine months from the same period last year, according to Dealogic, the financial data provider.
That was the lowest level since 2004 in spite of activity such as Walt Disney's $4bn acquisition of Marvel Entertainment and Kraft's unsolicited approach for Cadbury. Third-quarter deal volume of $412.4bn was down 34 per cent from the second quarter.
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