Amidst rising inflation and interest rates, stock market volatility and geopolitical instability, high-value investment opportunities like mergers and acquisitions may sound out of reach. In fact, the number of deals fell almost 17% year over year in February 2022, while the value of those deals dropped 30%, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. 

Even more sobering news, investments in M&A are on the chopping block, according to 41% of CEOs and CFOs asked in a June 2022 Gartner survey which cuts were likely in the face of continued economic disruption."

Selecting an M&A deal partners that can execute a complete solution is one of the ways to help overcome barriers to delivering speed to insight, speed to transform, and speed to execute pre- and post-close.

“Look for partners that can help in the short and the long term, who can turn recommendations into outcomes, data into action, and plans into completion. Look for end-to-end partners who will work with the organization to align owners, help with the delivery, build the solutions, and execute them,”

Says Stephen Mortimer from cfo.com.