South-east Asia a rising star for cross-border deals: poll

Singapore

SOUTH-EAST Asia is the top destination for mergers, acquisitions and investments in the next two years, according to a new poll of business leaders in the Asia-Pacific.

Sixty-nine per cent of survey respondents said that their companies were likely to hunt for opportunities in Asean - outstripping the 59 per cent preference for domestic investments, and head and shoulders above South Asia, which came in third at 39 per cent.

Some 600 executives from Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, India …