Datasite's Merlin Piscitelli: 2024 will be a good but not great year for M&A

Optimism of a comeback

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M&A activity cooled off significantly last year, as tighter financial conditions and economic uncertainty forced dealmakers to hit the brakes as well as reconsider riskier transactions.

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