Dealmaking slows amid travel curbs and valuation gaps
More privatisations, special situation transactions could take place in second half of the year. BY LEE MEIXIAN
Singapore
WHILE merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in Singapore has slowed this year, industry watchers expect more special-situation transactions, promoter-led privatisations, private equity-led buyouts and restructurings of companies to unfold in the remaining months.
Mergermarket data shows that in the first five months of 2020, some 108 deals valued at US$26.3 billion were completed in Southeast Asia. This is about 20 per cent lower than the same period a year ago, when 161 deals worth US$32.4 billion were done. More than half of this year's deals were done in January and February.
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