M&A volume leap 20% to USD 1.38tn in first quarter of 2026

By John West, Kunal Samnani and Marie-Laure Keyrouz

Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Even the Iran conflict has not arrested momentum among larger deals. A mammoth USD 122bn capital raise from OpenAI closed on the last day of the quarter, according to Mergermarket data

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