The Romanian market of mergers and acquisitions has slightly dropped in the first half of 2014, compared to the same period the previous year, according to the EY M&A Barometer Romania H1 2014.

Unlike Romania, most countries in Central and Southeast Europe (CSE) experienced an increase in the mergers and acquisitions activity in the first half of this year, with 629 transactions in total, reports local Dailybusiness.ro.

In this region, most of the buyers came from the same geographic region as the acquired assets - their number totalling 51% of all transactions. The trend was reflected in Romania too, where 66% of total transactions involved both local sellers and buyers.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com