M&A mania: deal-contingents re-emerge but risks remain

- Nazneen Sherif
- 30 Nov 2016

Tweet
Facebook
LinkedIn
Save this article
Send to
Print this page

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have long been a money-spinning business for investment banks, generating millions of dollars in fee revenue per deal. Now, banks' trading businesses want a slice of the action.

In the past two years, an M&A boom has seen dealers flock to offer so-called deal-contingent foreign exchange hedges to companies making cross-border takeovers. These allow the purchaser to hedge the forex rate on the transaction, but if the deal fails, the forward is extinguished and the

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to print this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

You may share this content using our article tools. Printing this content is for the sole use of the Authorised User (named subscriber), as outlined in our terms and conditions - https://www.infopro-insight.com/terms-conditions/insight-subscriptions/

If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@risk.net

You may share this content using our article tools. Copying this content is for the sole use of the Authorised User (named subscriber), as outlined in our terms and conditions - https://www.infopro-insight.com/terms-conditions/insight-subscriptions/

If you would like to purchase additional rights please email info@risk.net