JPMorgan's US M&A chief shares the secret sauce for getting deals to pop by flouting an old-school r

The first half of 2018 was a record for dealmaking, with $2.5 trillion worth of mergers and acquisitions. Yet the market remains skeptical, and not all deals have been greeted with approval from investors. Anu Aiyengar, the head of M&A in North America for JPMorgan Chase, told Business Insider that messaging around mergers and analyzing a company's investor base has grown increasingly important. Companies used to tightly guard their M&A strategy, but times have changed, she said.  In a...