Despite low volumes, 2012 has been a fascinating year for dealmaking. Controversial deals, such as the long-running battle by Glencore, the commodity trader, to take over Xstrata, have dominated headlines. New frontiers, including Chinese international mergers and acquisitions, have emerged. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, is joined by Jan Skarbek, head of investment banking at Citi, Charles Jacobs, a partner at Linklaters and Piers Pritchard Jones, a corporate partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the law firms, to review the year in dealmaking and to look ahead at trends for 2013.

Despite low volumes, 2012 has been a fascinating year for dealmaking. Controversial deals, such as the long-running battle by Glencore, the commodity trader, to take over Xstrata, have dominated headlines. New frontiers, including Chinese international mergers and acquisitions, have emerged. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, is joined by Jan Skarbek, head of investment banking at Citi, Charles Jacobs, a partner at Linklaters and Piers Pritchard Jones, a corporate partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the law firms, to review the year in dealmaking and to look ahead at trends for 2013.

Companies in this sector have been far from reticent this year with dealmaking despite difficult market conditions. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, travels to San Francisco to find out how the fallout from this year's Facebook initial public offering is affecting US dealmaking. She talks to Anthony Armstrong, co-head of Americas M&A at Credit Suisse and is joined in the studio back in London by Jonathan Stankler, head of European technology M&A at KPMG.

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Companies in this sector have been far from reticent this year with dealmaking despite difficult market conditions. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, travels to San Francisco to find out how the fallout from this year's Facebook initial public offering is affecting US dealmaking. She talks to Anthony Armstrong, co-head of Americas M&A at Credit Suisse and is joined in the studio back in London by Jonathan Stankler, head of European technology M&A at KPMG.

Companies in this sector have been far from reticent this year with dealmaking despite difficult market conditions. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, travels to San Francisco to find out how the fallout from this year's Facebook initial public offering is affecting US dealmaking. She talks to Anthony Armstrong, co-head of Americas M&A at Credit Suisse and is joined in the studio back in London by Jonathan Stankler, head of European technology M&A at KPMG.

Despite a chaotic year for M&A, fascinating trends have emerged,including growth in international bids by Chinese companies. By theend of September, outbound M&A by Chinese groups was at a record high.But Beijing's record has been controversial, so what is different thistime? To discuss the drivers behind these bids, Anousha Sakoui, theFT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by Andy Cox,global head of energy at KPMG, and William Downs, global leader ofcorporate and corporate finance practice at law firm Squire Sanders.

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Despite a chaotic year for M&A, fascinating trends have emerged,

including growth in international bids by Chinese companies. By the

end of September, outbound M&A by Chinese groups was at a record high.

But Beijing's record has been controversial, so what is different this

time? To discuss the drivers behind these bids, Anousha Sakoui, the

FT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by Andy Cox,

global head of energy at KPMG, and William Downs, global leader of

corporate and corporate finance practice at law firm Squire Sanders.

Despite a chaotic year for M&A, fascinating trends have emerged,

including growth in international bids by Chinese companies. By the

end of September, outbound M&A by Chinese groups was at a record high.

But Beijing's record has been controversial, so what is different this

time? To discuss the drivers behind these bids, Anousha Sakoui, the

FT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by Andy Cox,

global head of energy at KPMG, and William Downs, global leader of

corporate and corporate finance practice at law firm Squire Sanders.

Professor Eswar Prasad of the Brookings Institution talks users through the latest edition of the Brookings Institution-Financial Times economic tracking index, which shows the economic recovery in deep trouble. Visit www.ft.com/tiger to view the index

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Professor Eswar Prasad of the Brookings Institution talks users through the latest edition of the Brookings Institution-Financial Times economic tracking index, which shows the economic recovery in deep trouble.

Visit www.ft.com/tiger to view the index