“August witnessed a little over 130 deals, valued at $3.6 bn; around 40 per cent above the same month last year. On M&A, cross-border deal value increased by 45 per cent as compared to August 2015, and there was an almost three-fold increase in value in domestic M&A, which contributed over $2.5 bn. PE activity seems to have declined once again this month, both in  value and volume."

Prashant Mehra
Partner, Grant Thornton India LLP

This article apeared in Business Standard on 19th September, 2016.