See the Big Picture Outlook for M&A in 2027

Nikitha Sattiraju is the chief reporter for The Deal by With Intelligence. She covers M&A in the consumer and services industries and frequently hosts the publication's private equity-focused podcast Behind the Buyouts. Prior to joining The Deal, she reported for Bloomberg News. Earlier, she was a freelance journalist in India covering agricultural policy and development.

Dylan has nearly two decades of journalistic experience and currently covers the private equity market for S&P Global Market Intelligence. Dylan has nearly two decades of journalistic experience and currently covers the private equity market for S&P Global Market Intelligence. He previously reported for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and was an Editor for the Southwest Journal.

Sean Longoria manages teams of reporters and data experts tasked with surfacing unique, high-profile insights for a professional audience. He is responsible for the strategy, execution and success measurement of day-to-day and long-term content. Sean leads major cross-sector news series and is responsible for managing the content for our annual Big Picture outlooks.

Chris Fenske is currently Head of Capital Markets Research for the Primary Markets Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he focuses on providing insight into the liquidity and performance of equity and debt capital markets. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a senior vice president at NY based hedge fund, where he managed a $900 million portfolio of distressed securitized products. He began his career at Credit Suisse as a fixed income research analyst on the #1 ranked mortgage ABS research team by Institutional Investor Magazine and later became a trader of distressed MBS and credit default swaps on ABS.