鉅額交易熱潮推動一季度全球交易量創新高

More than $50bn worth of takeovers were being lined up on Wednesday in a final flurry of dealmaking that saw global volumes exceed $1.2tn in a record breaking quarter.

週三，有逾500億美元的收購交易安排妥當，這是推動第一季度全球交易量達到創紀錄的逾1.2萬億美元的最後一波併購交易。

In the latest sign of how eager boardrooms are sparking a record number of “mega-deals”, Japan’s top drugmaker Takeda revealed it was weighing a $40bn takeover of Irish rival Shire.

日本主要製藥公司武田製藥(Takeda)透露，正考慮斥資400億美元收購愛爾蘭對手Shire，這是表明企業董事會熱切推動創紀錄數量的“鉅額交易”的最新跡象。

Concho Resources, a US oil and gas producer, agreed to buy rival RSP Permian for $9.5bn including debt and CME Group, the Chicago exchange, agreed to buy Nex Group in a deal that valued the UK group at nearly $3.8bn.

美國石油和天然氣生產商Concho Resources同意以95億美元收購對手RSP Permian（包括債務），芝加哥商品交易所集團(CME Group)同意斥資38億美元收購英國的Nex Group。

Despite a heightened level of political uncertainty, a potential US-led trade war against China and fraught Brexit negotiations, companies have embarked on an unprecedented number of big acquisitions this year. The value of $5bn-plus deals is more than triple year-ago levels, according to data provider Thomson Reuters.

儘管政治不確定性提高，美國可能牽頭對中國發起貿易戰，英國退歐談判困難重重，今年企業發起了空前數量的鉅額收購。根據數據提供商湯森路透(Thomson Reuters)的數據，今年以來50億美元以上交易的價值達到去年水平的三倍多。