It's bullish values versus the bottlenecks as Americas M&A eyes a new year. Will the trend of big strategic deals give way to healthier volumes, or will costly finance continue to suppress confidence and sideline PE? And as the TMT sector spreads its Midas touch across the continent, could the debt-funded AI boom also be its Achilles heel? 

With the Northeast corridor setting a blistering pace, and Canada and Chile's mining muscle batting for TMT, there's every reason for optimism - if AI can only avoid the dot-com bubble trap. Get the full picture in Deal Drivers: Americas 2026 Outlook, produced by Datasite in partnership with Mergermarket, including our heat chart of imminent activity across the Americas.