Wall Street is cheering a potential revival of mergers and acquisitions when the new Trump administration takes office, and bankers and investors alike are already trying to find out what deals could be coming first. The combination of rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and an aggressive antitrust approach, embodied by Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, has made the past few years pretty slow for deal-making.
A Goldman list of companies that were seen as strong candidates to have some M & A activity over the next 12 months included some bigger names, such as Electronic Arts and Zoom Video Communications . EA has been a commonly speculated acquisition target by a major tech or media company since Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard , which closed in 2023. Bank consolidation could be another area to watch.
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