It was also valued for attractiveness for initial public offerings (IPOs). Data forecast The source added the following methodology "our Transaction Attractiveness Indicator, which rates the attractiveness of a country’s environment for M&A and IPO activity on a scale from 0 to 10. The score is based on a weighted average of 10 key economic, financial and regulatory factors that are typically associated with higher M&A and IPO activity. Key factors include the country’s economic growth, stock market size, size of the economy, openness to trade, sovereign credit risk, political stability, ease of doing business, legal structure, freedom to trade, and business regulation.
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Least attractive countries for M&A and IPO activity worldwide 2021
This statistic illustrates a global forecast of transactional attractiveness indicator for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) activity in 2021, by country. Using a weighted average score of key economic, financial and regulatory factors from * to ** it can be seen that in 2021, Nigeria will be the least attractive country for potential M&A and IPO activity with a score of * out of 10.
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