GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, has revealed its league tables for top 10 financial advisers by value and volume in South and Central America for 2020 in its report, ‘Global and Asia Pacific M&A Review & Financial Adviser League tables 2020’.

According to GlobalData’s M&A report, a total 7,621 M&A deals were announced in the region during 2020, marking a 15.6% increase over the 6,594 deals announced in 2019. The total deal value increased by 37% from $486bn in 2019 to $666bn in 2020.

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Top Advisers by Value and Volume

Morgan Stanley emerged as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in Asia-Pacific for 2020, having advised on 57 deals worth $142.6bn.

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Only two firms, Morgan Stanley and Ernst & Young, managed to advise on more than 50 deals. Interestingly, while Morgan Stanley went ahead to occupy the top spot in terms of value, Ernst & Young did not even feature among the top 10 advisors by value.

“Moreover, Morgan Stanley was among the only two firms (the other being Goldman Sachs) in the list of top 10 advisers to surpass $100bn mark during the Covid-19 hit 2020. Morgan Stanley managed to advise on three mega deals (more than or equal to $10bn) and its average deal value size stood at $2.5bn.”

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Goldman Sachs occupied the second position by value with 31 deals worth $105.8bn while Ernst & Young occupied the second position by volume with 55 deals worth $8bn.

UBS and Nomura occupied third and fourth positions in GlobalData’s table of top M&A financial advisers in Asia-Pacific by value and volume with 44 and 41 deals worth $87.5bn and $82.6bn, respectively.

GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.

To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions from leading advisers, through adviser submission forms on GlobalData’s website