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EXCLUSIVE: Wealthmonitor Data Shows Wealth Creation Rose In January Vs Year Ago
The US was way ahead of the pack in terms of terms of merger and acquisitions in January, and also ruled the roost in terms of initial public offerings that month, while 2,685 people benefited from liquidity events in the latest 30-day period to be measured by Wealthmonitor, the research firm.
The US was way ahead of the pack in terms of terms of merger and
acquisitions in January, and also ruled the roost in terms of
initial public offerings that month, while 2,685 people benefited
from liquidity events in the latest 30-day period to be measured
by Wealthmonitor, the research firm.
In general terms, across most countries, the trend appears to be
towards more money being generated by deals – such as mergers and
acquisitions – and share floats, suggesting the volume of money
being created is rising – a fact to gladden the hearts of wealth
advisors seeking fresh pipelines of client.
A total of $72 billion was generated in deals in the US in
January, by far and away the largest amount to be recorded for a
single jurisdiction that month; China generated $13.8 billion;
Germany $8.367 billion; Japan, $4.62 billion; Italy $3.33
billion; Netherlands, $12 billion, and South Korea, $6.278
billion, the organisation said. In the UK, $7.821 billion was
created by deals in January.
A year earlier, the US produced $45,597 billion in deals,
slightly more than half of the figure achieved two months
ago.
In January, there were a total of 72 IPOs; the largest number, by
far, were in China (31), followed by the US (17) and then Hong
Kong (5), then Indonesia (4) and Singapore (3), and in the UK,
just one. A year earlier, the US had the largest IPO number, at
10, followed by Indonesia at 4 and Singapore at 3.
Some 2,685 new individuals with net new wealth were added to
Wealthmonitor’s list in the latest 30-day period to the end of
February, it said. Some 1,317 of those persons were in the US, it
said.
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