Source:AFP M&A, private equity and venture capital deals in Mexico amounted to US$17.3bn in January-July, down 24% over the same period of last year,
here were 178 transactions – 139 M&As, 21 private equity, 18 venture capital – with 91 of them with disclosing deal value, according to data from Transactional Track Record (TTR).

Companies from the US and Spain were the most active deal-makers with US$2bn and US$1.3bn, respectively, in a total of 15 and 8 transactions.

The largest deal in the period was announced acquisition of Chilean retailer Ripley by Mexican Puerto de Liverpool for US$1.2bn. In July alone, the M&A, private equity and venture capital deals totaled US$4bn, an increase of 159% over July 2015.

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Source: Business News Americas / BN Americas - Chile