Value of merger, acquisitions up 50%

New figures from corporate finance specialists, Ion Equity reveal that the value of merger and acquisitions involving Irish companies in the fourth quarter of 2004 was almost 50% greater than the value of such deals in the same period a year earlier.

In the last three months of 2004, deals worth a total of €3.7bn were announced compared to deals worth a total of €2.5 bn in the corresponding period in 2003.