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Singapore M&A deal value seen dipping in 2015

Published Mon, Jun 29, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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SINGAPORE's total value of completed merger and acquisition (M&A) deals may fall this year on the back of sluggish world trade volumes and China's economic slowdown, according to Baker & McKenzie.

The Global Transactions Forecast report, conducted by the global law firm and Oxford Economics, predicts that the Republic's total value of completed M&A deals will dip from US$25.2 billion in 2014 to around US$21 billion in 2015 before peaking at US$25.5 billion in 2018.

Increased government spending on infrastructure and improved world trade activity should, however, boost Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016. Domestic equity prices and transactional activity are expe…

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