M&A Deal Tracker: Will Trump stump Irish deals?

Guessing the impact of the fickle US leader on country, company and self has become a bit of a parlour game. The M&A market is no exception

This much we know: Donald J Trump is the 45th president of the United States of America. Everything else, at least as it relates to his impact on the M&A market, is idle speculation.

Fortunately, the influence of any one person on the M&A market, even one so singularly powerful as the president of the United States, is negligible in the short run. M&A activity is driven first and foremost by economic growth ...