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Megadeals hit new record as Wall Street’s animal spirits roar back

Transactions of $10bn or more have doubled so far in 2025 compared to 2024, according to LSEG, after President Donald Trump’s deregulatory push unleashed Wall Street’s animal spirits and a blitz of global dealmaking. Total deal value in the U.S. so far this year is up more than 40% from the same period in 2024 to about $1.9tn. However, antitrust leaders Gail Slater at the Justice Department and Andrew Ferguson at the Federal Trade Commission have made clear they are most concerned about protecting competition in cost-of-living sectors, such as healthcare and housing. “Companies are taking advantage of this window to pursue the larger transactions that they’ve long wanted to do and have been expected by the market,” said Ivan Farman, global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Bank of America. “When you see big deals being struck in your industry, you don’t want to be left out when the chess pieces move.”

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