MERGERS and acquisitions (M&A) in South-east Asia slowed down in the first six months of this year, generating about US$29 billion across 149 deals, most of which came from the January-March period. Read more at The Business Times.
Singapore was the largest M&A market within South-east Asia in H1 2020, recording US$11.88 billion across 41 deals.
However, inbound dealmaking plunged by 61.7 per cent by value to US$5.1 billion from 64 deals in H1 this year, down from US$13.2 billion across 88 deals in the corresponding period last year. In contrast, outbound activity from South-east Asia stayed robust despite the coronavirus crisis, generating US$15.1 billion across 49 deals. By value, this is about 62 per cent higher than H1 2019’s US$9.3 billion across 71 deals.
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