Slightly different but along the same lines is the apt title for Jefferies & Company Inc.'s February analysis on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the asset management, broker dealer and financial technology industries, On the Road Again (click here the download the full report). The implicit message is that M&A activity is once again on a tear, at least with respect to so called "mega deals" – transactions between asset managers with more than $75 billion under management. By Jefferies' count, there were 11 such transactions last year, a record, compared with five in 2008 and six in 2007. 
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The reality appears to be played out a bit differently, quantified by a recent survey by New York brokerage firm Jefferies & Company, Inc showing that M&A in the global asset management industry in 2009 was not only big, but dominated by mega deals, with a record nine transactions announced involving firms with more than $100 billion in assets under management According to the report, some 61 independently owned managers changed hands last year, the lowest level in more than a decade, and 57% below the previous year's tally The deals that did get done – BlackRock's purchase of Barclay Global Investors,  and Invesco's purchase of Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments, among others, were if nothing else, big 
Share:  <span class="sent">The reality appears to be played out a bit differently, quantified by a recent survey by New York brokerage firm <span class="company">Jefferies</span> & Company, Inc showing that M&A in the global asset management industry in 2009 was not only big, but dominated by mega deals, with a record nine transactions announced involving firms with more than $100 billion in assets under management</span> According to the report, some 61 independently owned managers changed hands last year, the lowest level in more than a decade, and 57% below the previous year's tally The deals that did get done – BlackRock's purchase of Barclay Global Investors,  and Invesco's purchase of Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments, among others, were if nothing else, big Tweet this