Dealmakers' share-price performance trailed the MSCI World Index by five points, and deal volume sank as tensions left companies in wait-and-see mode.
While 2019 was a banner year for returns, low interest rates prevented plan sponsors from meaningfully improving their funded states.
Almost two-thirds of companies are seeing their stock prices underperform industry benchmarks, with the average underperformance at 7%.
Employers are setting aside more for discretionary bonuses to top performers.
Shares of deal-making companies worldwide underperform MSCI stock indices for a record seventh consecutive quarter.
Due to media speculation, Aon was forced to disclose it was in the preliminary stages of an all-share deal.
An extensive study counterintuitively reveals that a majority of divestitures are accompanied by lagging stock performance for the divesting firm.
At large companies, male CFOs tend to earn more money than their female counterparts. The opposite is true for chief executives.
While acquiring companies have underperformed stock indexes for the past two years, the outlook for M&A may be brightening.
Intelligent automation boosts both day-to-day finance functions and the quality of finance's strategic insight, says Willis Towers Watson's Michael Burwell.
While there are different ways to measure the success of M&A deals, shortly after deals close investors tend to expect they'll deliver incremental value.
The monster hurricane will cause a lot of property damage, but not enough to significantly affect the well-capitalized insurance industry.
