Amazon fires up tepid M&A

摘要

A bridge loan for up to US$13.7bn to back amazon.com's purchase of upscale grocer Whole Foods Markets, which is the second largest US bridge this year, is stoking merger-related financing that has been stifled by prolonged uncertainty about the Trump administration's policies. Even with Amazon's 364-day loan, which is also the 13th largest in the past two decades, US bridge financing of about US$57bn this year is 21% lower than the same period last year, including deals closed and in process.