In brief

• Global M&A value increases by 15% in the first eight months of 2026

• Big deals touch 37 transactions, valued at USD10 billion or more, surpassing the 2021 record of 32 deals.

• BCG confidence index rises to 83, still below the long-term average of 100.

Read the original story: Is the M&A boom or not? BCG indicates that the boom is only for very large deals over 1 billion USD, by Kamina Bashir at th.beincrypto.com