Intralinks DFI shows strong performance and year-over-year increase in APAC deal activity
SYDNEY, April 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Intralinks® Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IL), a leading, global SaaS provider of content management and collaboration solutions, announced today the release of the latest Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator™ (DFI), a unique predictor of future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity.
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The Intralinks DFI reliably forecasts changes in the volume of global M&A deals that will be announced in the next six months, or through the third quarter of 2014.
This quarter indicates sustained momentum in M&A activity in 2014, continuing to build on the strong levels of M&A activity seen in 2013. The latest data, compiled through the end of March 2014, shows a 16 per cent increase in year-on-year (YoY) early-stage global M&A activity, with particularly strong performance in Asia Pacific, which saw the region jump 18 per cent YoY and 10 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), with no indications that the decelerating Chinese economy is impacting dealmaking.
"Global M&A markets are healthy, maintaining high levels of activity and continued optimism among dealmakers," said Philip Whitchelo, vice president of strategy and product marketing at Intralinks.
"Many factors are driving a highly competitive market, including a good lending environment and the need of corporations and private equity to put their money to work and buy growth. Deal volumes across the value chain are up, and we expect to see more high profile deal announcements through 2014, especially in hot sectors like technology, telecommunication, media and entertainment and consumer."
"Deal volume throughout the APAC region in particular has been impressive, and this comes off the back of consistent year-on-year growth since Q1 2010 for the region. The data certainly points towards APAC continuing to experience strong growth over the next six months," Mr Whitchelo continued.
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