2015 was a corporate buyout bonanza; here comes the sequel

After 2015’s blistering global buyout pace, this year is shaping up to be quite the sequel with Bayer’s $62 billion attempt to buy Monsanto and create a global seed giant.
The proposed deal between German drug and chemical maker and Monsanto is the sixth-largest cross-border acquisition ever, according to financial markets platform Dealogic.
There has been more than $494 billion in cross-border deals already in 2016, the third highest of all time, Dealogic said. The biggest year for