Dealmakers See Iran War Stymieing M&A With Delays, Diligence

Dealmakers are, for the second year in a row, seeing their chances of a record haul of mergers and acquisitions potentially fizzle out before the end of the first quarter.

The US’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran risks further denting sentiment and momentum in an M&A market that was already showing signs of slowing amid a global selloff in technology stocks and private credit jitters.