SAO PAULO: Bankers and lawyers expect the pipeline of big deals in Brazil to shrink in coming months as financial and strategic acquirers avoid taking risks due to market volatility during a presidential campaign and doubts about the economy’s recovery.
The total value of deals in the first half of the year fell 26% from the same period in 2017, to US$26.3bil, according to Thomson Reuters data.
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