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M&A pick-up: Feb numbers top current fiscal with 44 deals worth $4 bn

Consumer, retail and food segment topped the charts in terms of both, deal volumes and value

M&A, mergers & acquisitions, merger, partnerships, Joint venture, JV
The consumer, retail and food segment topped the charts in terms of both, deal volumes and value.
Raghavendra Kamath Mumbai
1 min read Last Updated : Mar 04 2021 | 1:39 AM IST
Mergers and acquisitions deals have picked up in the country since December last year. February 2021 saw 44 M&A deals totaling $4 billion, which is a record in the last 12 months. The consumer, retail and food segment topped the charts in terms of both, deal volumes and value. Tata Group's acqusition of BigBasket of $ 1.3 billion was the biggest M&A deal in February 2021, says Aurum Equity Partners.

 

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Topics :mergers and acquisitionsM&A dealsRetail sectorTata groupBigBasket

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