Here are the world's 9 largest M&A deals this year

Ethel Jiang

Mar 19, 2019, 00:37 IST

Here are the world's 9 largest M&A deals this year

SunTrust CEO Bill Rogers and BB&T CEO Kelly King fist bump to end a video announcement of the merger of their banks.

Worldpay on Monday agreed to be bought by Fidelity National Information Services in a $43 billion that included debt.
The deal is the second-largest transaction announced so far in 2019, boosting the total value of global deals to a year-to-date total of $345.3 billion.
More broadly, the global mergers and acquisitions market has slowed down a bit from year.
Most of the mega deals this year are in the healthcare and financial sectors.

Worldpay on Monday agreed to be bought by Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) in a deal that was valued at $43 billion, including debt.

The deal is the second-largest transaction announced during 2019, boosting the value of the 22 global mega deals to $345.3 billion.

Looking broader, the global mergers and acquisitions market has slowed down a bit - at least rom a year ago. At this point last year, the total value of global deals was more than $500 billion.

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Here are the nine largest M&A deals so far this year, most of which have been in the healthcare and financial sectors, in ascending order of their valuation size: