Dismal first half year for Singapore's M&A scene
Total deal value falls 25.9% to US$11.88b; deal count shrinks by a third to 41
Singapore
MERGERS and acquisitions (M&A) in Singapore slumped during the first six months of this year, in line with regional and global trends, according to data from M&A intelligence service Mergermarket.
The Republic's total deal value fell 25.9 per cent to US$11.88 billion while the number of transactions shrank by about a third to 41, Mergermarket told The Business Times (BT). In H1 2019, Singapore recorded US$16.03 billion from 64 deals.
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