（雙語新聞） 北美引領(lǐng)全球并購交易創(chuàng)新高

青島希尼爾翻譯公司（www.uxiaohua.cn）整理發(fā)布2018-10-28

希尼爾翻譯公司（www.uxiaohua.cn）2018年10月28日了解到：North American companies unleashed a dealmaking spree totalling more than $50bn on Monday, as executives ignored a pending trade war and uncertainty around US midterm elections to swallow European rivals in a series of industry-changing mergers.

北美公司周一發(fā)起總計逾500億美元的交易狂潮，公司高管們忽視了懸而未決的貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)以及圍繞美國中期選舉的不確定性，在一系列改變行業(yè)格局的合并中吞并歐洲競爭對手。

Boardroom confidence, cheap debt and record stock prices have spurred a wave of activity that left global dealmaking at a record high of $3.2tn in 2018. Companies are racing to remake themselves by snatching trophy assets or consolidating with rivals before the business cycle turns.

董事會信心、低成本債務(wù)以及創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄高位的股價刺激了一波活動，促使2018年全球并購交易額創(chuàng)下3.2萬億美元的歷史最高紀(jì)錄。企業(yè)競相趕在商業(yè)周期轉(zhuǎn)向之前買下炫耀性資產(chǎn)或者與競爭對手整合，以求重塑自我。

Deals lined up on Monday ranged from the glitz of the catwalks in Milan — as Michael Kors readied a multibillion dollar takeover offer for storied Milanese fashion house Versace — down to the grit of the mining world, with Canada’s Barrick Gold agreeing a $6bn all-stock purchase of Randgold Resources.

周一的交易活動既包括華麗耀眼的米蘭時裝秀，邁克·科爾斯(Michael Kors)為傳奇色彩的米蘭時裝公司范哲思(Versace)準(zhǔn)備了數(shù)十億美元的收購要約；又彰顯出采礦業(yè)的勇氣，加拿大的巴里克黃金(Barrick Gold)同意以60億美元全股票方式收購蘭德黃金資源公司(Randgold Resources)。

But the biggest prize was in media, as Comcast trounced 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney in a weekend auction for Sky with a ?30.6bn bid, while in the radio sector SiriusXM secured a $3.5bn deal for digital music provider Pandora Media.

但最大的獎項是在媒體行業(yè)——康卡斯特(Comcast)在英國天空廣播公司(Sky)的周末拍賣中，以306億英鎊的出價擊敗21世紀(jì)?？怂?21st Century Fox)和華特迪士尼(Walt Disney)，而在無線電廣播領(lǐng)域，SiriusXM以35億美元收購了數(shù)字音樂提供商Pandora Media。

Global mergers and acquisitions have totalled $3.24tn so far this year, 40 per cent higher than the same time a year ago and ahead of the record pace set in 2007, according to data from Thomson Reuters. Megadeals of more than $5bn in value accounted for 44 per cent of transactions this year.

湯森路透(Thomson Reuters)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，全球并購交易今年迄今總計達(dá)到3.24萬億美元，比去年同期增長40%，超過2007年創(chuàng)下的歷史最高水平。價值超過50億美元的巨額交易占到今年交易的44%。

A rally in global stock indices has assuaged concerns that the intensifying trade dispute between the US and China would dent economic activity, and in turn dealmaking. The S&P 500 has climbed 16.5 per cent over the past 12 months, while the Dow Jones Industrial Index rose by 19 per cent, and both sat near record territory on Monday.

之前人們擔(dān)憂，中美之間日益激烈的貿(mào)易爭端將會削弱經(jīng)濟(jì)活動，進(jìn)而影響交易，但全球股指上漲緩解了這種擔(dān)憂。標(biāo)普500指數(shù)(S&P 500)在過去12個月里上漲了16.5%，而道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)(Dow Jones Industrial Average)上漲了19%，兩大指數(shù)周一均逼近歷史高點。

來源:金融時報