After a pre-summer dash to announce deals at the end of Q2 (US$ 469.5bn), global deal value was up 10.1% from Q1 but H1 still down 12.5% compared to last year.
JPMorgan (US$ 232.8bn) displaced Morgan Stanley (US$ 173.8bn) to lead the global financial advisor league table by value.
Cross-border deals between countries in Q2 (US$ 180.1bn) increased 22.9% by value compared to Q1 (US$ 146.5bn). H1 deal value (US$ 326.6bn) fell 19.8% from the same period last year (US$ 407.3bn) - total cross-border deal value in H1 contributed 36.4% to global M&A compared to 39.8% in H1 2012.
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