Global deal activity is heating up as economic and interest rates pressures ease, allowing investors to feel more confident about deploying the billions of dollars of capital they have accumulated as “dry powder”.The sectors attracting interest most consistently have been IT and healthcare, according to the authoritative Moore Compass report which monitors cross-border M&A activity in the mid-market.Here, partners in the Moore Global Corporate Finance (GCF) analyse the sectors attracting most attention from investors: