Ongoing market developments, particularly in terms of liberalization, have resulted in continued energy sector M&A. The monthly Financial Deal Insights series provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of this activity in the energy and utilities sector. It offers a unique insight into both deal activity, deal rationale and the market fundamentals driving the sector.

Scope

• Analysis through two deliverables analyst opinion on key deals (PDF brief), and monthly roundup with analysis of trends and drivers (PowerPoint)
• Insights into deal activity across M&A, private equity, private placement, IPO, secondary offering, and strategic alliance deals
• Analysis on all key sectors, namely upstream, midstream, downstream, power generation, utilities network, utilities retail, and wholesale energy
• Detailed analysis of the deal activity during the month, along with the trend for the last six months by deal volume and value

Highlights of this title

Deal activity showed signs of slowdown as the market approached the end of the year. Europe recorded the largest decline of 22% on a month-on-month basis, while deal activity in North America decreased by 5%, and RoW by 7%.

M&A activity in the Utilities network segment increased by 13% on a month-on-month basis. Power generation M&A activity declined by 7% on a month-on-month basis, while the Utilities retail and wholesale Energy segments recorded a decline of 33% and 66% respectively.

In value terms, M&A transactions totaled US$32.9 billion during November, a fall of 18.4% on a month-on-month basis. The sub-US$200 million segment recorded an increase of 6.7%, while the US$200-US$500 million segment recorded a decline of 40%.

Key reasons to purchase this title

• Understand which energy sectors are experiencing the most activity, and which type of investor, and advisor are playing the significant roles
• Find out how key deals are changing the competitive landscape of your business in various parts of the energy and utilities value chain
• Understand how companies in the energy and utilities industry are raising funds through capital markets, private equity, and private placement deals

Key Topics Covered:

• Catalyst
• Summary
• Analysis
• EdFs purchase of British Energy gives it a strong position in the UK market backed by government funding
• The state will start to play an instrumental role in driving internationalization strategies abroad while erecting protectionist barriers at home
• The credit crunch will continue to create risks and opportunities in the utilities sector
• Methodology

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Source: Datamonitor