The Merger and Acquisition activity in Asia this year has remain a bit subdued. This year between Jan and Aug, $23.8 bn worth of M&A deals has taken place in India. This is not good for India as during last year and in the same period, deals worth $40 bn had taken place. The number of deals has remained more or less same which implies that the average deal size has fallen, which is not good for the country.
Last year two countries had M&A deals over $40 bn between Jan and Aug and India was one of these two countries. This year only one country has crossed $40 bn mark during the same period and it’s China, with $63.3 bn worth of M&A deals. What’s more intriguing that second place in M&A deal activity in Asia has been taken over by Hong- Kong with deals worth $33.7 bn, in all it is china which has gained in the M&A activity in Asian region.
Last year two countries had M&A deals over $40 bn between Jan and Aug and India was one of these two countries. This year only one country has crossed $40 bn mark during the same period and it’s China, with $63.3 bn worth of M&A deals. What’s more intriguing that second place in M&A deal activity in Asia has been taken over by Hong- Kong with deals worth $33.7 bn, in all it is china which has gained in the M&A activity in Asian region.
Amongst the biggest M&A deals which took place in August as per Businessworld, the $113 mn acquisition of Indu projects by Credit Suisse Group was the sole Indian deal amongst all top deals in Asia.
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