Premature to bet on a merger of Singapore's leading yard groups
A BROKER report reviving the merger talk between Singapore's two large yard groups has triggered spikes in trading volumes mainly for Keppel Corporation and the listed marine arm of Sembcorp Industries.
DBS Vickers suggested in a research note on Thursday last week that the possibility of a merger and acquisition between the marine arms of Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Industries has resurfaced, prompted by the prevailing challenges in the offshore and marine sector. The brokerage argued for the merger of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and Sembcorp Marine to create "a global power house".
Stock prices in Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine) jumped the next day and trading activity in the two counters have averaged above their three-month trading volumes most part of this week.
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