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Matt Porzio, IntraLinks vp of product marketing for M&A, on where M&A money is going, and what is impacting them today.
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All of the deal making and you can make some money and profit from that we've got a new report from a company called internally accident shows the local -- activity jumped it.
Teen percent year over year.
One of the key spots for dealmakers -- Asia particularly China but you may be surprised to see -- How the US is doing -- looks vice president of product marketing for and the -- that -- CO joins us in -- fox business' list of -- the US.
Is holding up and what areas are heating up but most importantly how you can make money through emanate activity as an individual investor could happy here for it to be in the -- just about what this report with the DF five deal flow indicator of what -- it shows you.
Shares -- -- intra links where provider of virtual data room solutions -- the emanating market.
So what we measure whether a deal flow indicator is the volume of deals moving to that critical due diligence stage.
Often months before they're publicly and that -- So it really -- that current indication of deals out there in the market by sector by region as you mentioned.
OK so we mentioned US and we may be surprised -- how the US -- let me guess US did not do well.
China does wonderfully typically right so if we look on a quarter to quarter sequential basis.
The North American market was down 12% in -- deal flow indicator Europe was down 9%.
Latin America off slightly at 5% a pack.
-- really bucked the trend going up almost stuff 30% in the quarter -- Asia Pacific looking absolutely healthy and strong there yet although that's that's a pretty volatile market ebbing and flowing quarter to quarter typically -- you look here and you -- the -- an activity I guess -- -- first start to pinpoint where the hot areas are by looking at sectors what he's seen what looks like.
It's a great target right now so technology hasn't strong.
Kind of that post -- those middle market deals not necessarily that the mega deals of the blockbusters.
But that middle market tech sector.
Continues to be strong -- shows activity and that's -- on a global basis but surprisingly enough in Europe that has a lot of pressure.
But the whole eurozone crisis and all the economic uncertainty we saw energy on that list as well.
Yeah energy -- been typically a very.
Active sector.
We continue to see that grow we saw big pop in -- the previous quarters deal flow activity.
We saw that kind of -- come back to some regular levels in this current quarter but what I can tell you is our client base and deal makers in energy.
Are very much getting ready and that is -- in they -- in organic growth market.
For the long term what about something like health care you know you look at a lot of these companies the -- -- wanna snap up a little ones to really participate in what could be.
Significant growth spurt after the -- The health care -- stamps absolutely and that is a trend that we've seen as well health -- life sciences deals there's consolidation happening in that industry.
It's happening across all regions what's interest -- we talked about Asia pac grown so quickly.
That is also being seen in the health Carolina -- This week as we -- up some of the -- indicators we've got some names here both your tech indicators and others.
How can you spot how do you tell investors to spot a potential target because once it's acquired.
It's -- usually jumped by about but every single day for five -- straight.
If it's very difficult to to really -- the investment community understand.
That the the potential of -- right because again you might get up pop for a couple of days retail investors institutional investors.
But the merger arbitrage funds are in there they're making a lot of noise there often the first ones playing in those stocks -- you have to be very careful.
Because it can move very are these guys on the screen people who would be buying.
Obviously nobody's gonna court Google is to prevent yes yes so it and if you look at the tech industry and one of the reasons that we've seen growth in Asia Pacific -- you soon.
-- not being down so much has become beaten.
That's the because of those large tech company I just want to pinpoint this so that our viewers -- -- -- -- you've got some names here like yandex care dot com.
Small col -- these are names where you feel.
You would see them being acquired.
Those are more names of -- of recent companies that have done -- showing the trend showing the trend right so you know like the technology park in Russia.
Really showing that technology is that global deal market really continuing the activity not -- her -- for any slowdown.
Good to see it thank you very much and we know China we've done that story China's really sick it is they.
