By Saeed Azhar, Lananh Nguyen and Manya Saini

NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs says this year is on track to become the second-biggest in history for announced mergers and acquisitions industrywide, an encouraging sign for 2026, according ‍to its finance chief Denis Coleman.

His comments echo optimism, including at rival Morgan Stanley, across Wall Street about that the outlook for M&A is improving. Dealmaking has gathered pace in the U.S. as a resilient economy, lower financing costs and renewed corporate confidence drive more activity.

“Our outlook and visibility on M&A is … very encouraging for aggregate overall levels of activity heading into 2026,” Coleman ‌told an investor conference on Tuesday hosted by Goldman.

Shares of ‌the Wall Street bank were last up 1.7%. The sto

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