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In 2024, deals mostly stayed within national borders. In 2025, banking, wealth and asset management, fintech, payments, and capital markets face challenges but also have opportunities. Source: McKinsey Financial services: Dealmakers adapt to a shifting landscape

Sometimes, M&A can pose particularly difficult challenges. The automotive industry offers creative examples of how deals can still get done. Source: McKinsey Dealmaking through challenges: Lessons from the automotive industry

The broad downward trend of interest rates, coupled with consumer-packaged-goods companies’ cash-rich balance sheets, could lead to an active year for CPG deals. Source: McKinsey Consumer goods: Seeking market expansion and growth

Multiple trends will likely fuel M&A growth across technology, media, and telecommunications in 2025, with an increase in carve-outs as organizations look to simplify and reshape their corporate portfolios. Source: McKinsey Technology, media, and telecommunications: Software deals and creative partnerships will carry the day

Despite the slowdown in dealmaking in 2024, there are good reasons to expect greater M&A activity in US healthcare in 2025 and 2026 as many players seek to pursue innovation and growth. Source: McKinsey US healthcare: Navigating through the headwinds

Unprecedented shocks are affecting M&A activity and dealmaker behavior. Different analyses help bring uncertainty into focus—and suggest a range of outcomes. Source: McKinsey Uncertainty in M&A: Postcards from the new normal

Executives can take three important actions to integrate parent and target company cultures more smoothly and generate the intended value from a deal more quickly. Source: McKinsey Why managing culture is critical for value creation in M&A

Powerful forces favor a resurgence in M&A, especially in North America, but dealmakers still have plenty of challenges to stare down. Source: McKinsey M&A Annual Report: Is the wave finally arriving?

McKinsey research and interviews with global leaders reveal the activities and discussions that CEOs should be directly involved in to ensure success before, during, and after M&A transactions. Source: McKinsey CEOs in M&A: Five actions only the chief executive can take