The volume of announced deals involving UK targets in the first two quarters of the year fell 68.6% compared to the same period last year, leading to the quietest start to a calendar year for dealmaking since 2009.
At the half-year stage, US dealflow was down sharply whilst China was least impacted. Megadeals declined although mid-market showed resiliency. Meanwhile, private equity's global M&A market share reached record level.
Global dealmaking has been brought to a standstill in the past few weeks and activity is likely to remain subdued for the coming months, according the Mergermarket's Q1 global M&A trend report.
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In this weekly edition of Dealreporter Asia Pacific’s podcast, Anette Jönsson and Ed Vinales discuss key deals and developments relevant to Asia event-driven investors, including AGL Energy’s [ASX:AGL] new indicative offer for Australian telecom company Vocus [ASX:VOC], private equity interest in Australian healthcare provider Healius [ASX:ALS] and corporate governance-related investing in Japan. In connection with the latter we highlight the upcoming AGM for Kyushu Railway Co [TYO:9142] that will feature a number of proposals from an activist investor.
We also touch on the possible implications for the Chinese ADR delist/relist trend of US Senator Marco Rubio’s recent move to introduce a bill that proposes to delist US-listed Chinese companies that don’t open their audit books to US regulators, and discuss why the bill may have legs and could become legislation.
In this weekly edition of Dealreporter Asia Pacific’s podcast, Stephanie Hanna and Anette Jönsson discuss key developments on several Asian situations, including comments by Malaysia’s prime minister indicating Australian rare earth producer Lynas [ASX:LYC] will be allowed to continue operating in the Southeast Asian country; and the potential implications of casino tycoon James Packer selling part of his stake in Crown Resorts [ASX:CWN] to Melco Resorts & Entertainment [NASDAQ:MLCO] less than two months after his talks with Wynn Resorts [NASDAQ:WYNN] were terminated following a leak. At the end of the podcast we reveal an unexpected judicial setback for the dissenting shareholders of Qunar’s take-private that could have implications for ongoing and future Section 238 fair value processes in Cayman.
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This is a review of 2017’s most prolific Asian individual financial and legal advisers. The information can also be found in our League Tables tab as well as on the Profiler app available here.
Global dealmakers were surveyed in order to gain an understanding of the opportunities and challenges within the energy sector for 2017.
All in all North Asian deal value has decreased from 2015, The growth experienced over the last decade may have hit a speed bump. But how did it fair country by county?
We interviewed Liana Logiurato, Global Head of M&A at Syngenta International AG, at the 2016 Swiss M&A and Private Equity Forum where we discussed what would be driving Swiss M&A in the future and how Asian investors were targeting outbound acquisitions.
Uncover the outlook for deal activity in the CEE region from the 2016 CEE M&A and Private Equity Forum, with the dealmakers panel highlighting the level of increased interest from European and Asian investors and the main risks associated with doing deals in one of the fastest growing areas of Europe.
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