India’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) exercise witnessed a combined efficiency within the first half of 2024, with deal worth rising barely however the variety of offers declining considerably in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. This development is mirrored within the funding banking sector, the place general charges dropped regardless of a surge in fairness capital market (ECM) underwriting charges.
M&A Exercise: Worth Up, Quantity Down
Whereas the overall deal worth for introduced M&A offers involving India reached $37.3 billion within the first half of 2024, a 4.4% enhance year-on-year, the variety of offers dropped by 18.4%. This decline was significantly pronounced within the mid-market phase (offers valued as much as $500 million), which noticed a 19% lower in deal depend, representing the slowest exercise because the first half of 2021.
Nevertheless, there have been vibrant spots. The primary half of 2024 noticed a minimum of six offers exceeding US$1 billion, together with the high-profile US$3.1 billion merger between Walt Disney and Reliance Industries’ media property and the US$3.0 billion merger between Knowledge Infrastructure Belief and ATC India.
Breaking Down the Offers:
- Home M&A: US$17.2 billion (down 8.8% year-on-year) – This means a slight lower in consolidation inside the Indian market.
- Inbound M&A: US$17.2 billion (up 32.4% year-on-year) – This vital rise reveals elevated international investor curiosity in Indian firms. The US was probably the most lively acquirer on this class.
- Outbound M&A: US$2.7 billion (down 29.0% year-on-year) – This sharp decline suggests Indian firms are taking a extra cautious method to abroad acquisitions.
Indian-involvement offers focusing on Expertise, Media & Leisure, and Telecommunications (TMT) sector reached $14 billion, greater than double the deal worth introduced throughout the identical interval final 12 months. This progress displays India’s sturdy financial fundamentals, authorities initiatives selling digitalization, and the attractiveness of the Indian marketplace for tech-related companies.
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Media and Expertise Dominate: The highest two offers contain firms within the Media and Leisure (Star India) and Telecommunications (ATC Telecom Infrastructure) sectors
Mixture of Home and Worldwide Offers: The desk consists of each home offers (Indian firms buying different Indian firms) and inbound offers (international firms buying Indian firms). This displays the rising participation of international traders within the Indian market.
Fairness Capital Markets Increase
India’s fairness capital markets carried out exceptionally nicely throughout the first half of 2024. Fairness fundraising reached report ranges, with firms elevating $29.5 billion in proceeds, greater than double the quantity raised in the identical interval final 12 months. This growth was pushed by a major enhance in follow-on choices (FPOs) and block trades. FPO proceeds grew by 156% year-on-year, whereas block trades raised US$16.4 billion, a 117% enhance. IPO exercise additionally noticed optimistic progress, with Indian firms elevating US$4.4 billion, up 98% from the primary half of 2023.
Funding Banking Charges: A Blended Bag
Whereas the general funding banking charge pool in India declined by 11% in comparison with the primary half of 2023, ECM underwriting charges surged by 127%, reaching the very best first-half complete since 2007. This rise displays the exercise within the fairness capital markets. Nevertheless, charges from different segments, equivalent to Debt Capital Markets (DCM), syndicated lending, and M&A advisory, skilled vital declines. This is a breakdown of the funding banking charge panorama:
- Complete Charges: US$530.4 million (down 11% year-on-year)
- ECM Underwriting Charges: US$243.8 million (up 127% year-on-year)
- DCM Underwriting Charges: US$114.9 million (down 22% year-on-year)
- Syndicated Lending Charges: US$80.8 million (down 51% year-on-year)
- M&A Advisory Charges: US$90.8 million (down 47% year-on-year)
- Kotak Mahindra Financial institution emerged as the highest participant in funding banking charges, with a complete of US$40.6 million, capturing a 7.6% share of the Indian market.
“Majority of the deal making exercise involving India focused the Excessive Expertise sector which totaled US$5.8 billion, a 13.2% enhance in worth from the comparative interval final 12 months and accounted for 15.6% market share. Industrials totaled US$5.0 billion, down 26.1% from the primary half of 2023, capturing 13.6% market share. Financials rounded out the highest three sectors with 11.9% market share. Telecommunications and Media & Leisure with 11.4% and 10.8% market share, respectively, noticed vital triple-digit proportion progress from a 12 months in the past,” mentioned Elaine Tan, Senior Supervisor at LSEG Offers Intelligence.
Non-public equity-backed M&A in India amounted to US$5.7 billion, down 33.7% from a 12 months in the past, and the bottom first half complete since 2020.
First Printed: Jul 10 2024 | 1:31 PM IST
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