The world may be in the grip of a global pandemic, but corporate leaders are already thinking about what will happen when the situation stabilises—and research finds that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will be high on the agenda. According to a poll by Ernst & Young (EY) there remains a medium-term ambition to look for deals to complete. And this despite M&A seeing many deals put on hold as the pandemic spread across the globe. EY’s survey finds that 56% of the global executives polled will actively pursue M&A in the next 12 months, with 38% focused on business resilience as a key feature of target firms and 39% expecting valuations to fall. This comes amid gloomy expectations for the future. Of the 2,900 execut