Europe offers opportunities for far-sighted Asean firms

BREXIT, trade pact uncertainty and political changes have led many Asean businesses to take a wait-and-see approach to further European investment over the past year.

While understandable, the old adage of "where there is volatility, there is opportunity" holds true across several sectors and countries within the European Union (EU).

Indeed, the number of merger and acquisition deals in the EU in the first half of 2017 was 70 per cent higher than the same period last year, according to Bloomberg.