The Asia Pacific M&A Newsletter
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Natixis, Vermilion Partners and Azure Capital
In this issue of M&A Pulse in APAC, our team has taken the opportunity of International Women’s Day (‘IWD’) to celebrate the talented women across our M&A Network.
Hear from the passionate women in our teams around the world, who have chosen to build their careers in M&A.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we spoke to four of the most senior women in Natixis’ M&A network, to better understand their motivations to pursue a career in deal making.
2020 was a turbulent year in every respect. For M&A in Asia Pacific, first-half activities fell to their lowest levels since the global financial crisis. But starting from the third quarter, we witnessed a dramatic up-tick.
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, Natixis
China Overseas M&A Monitor 2020 : Acquisition slows down in value, but small deals continue, especially in Europe
The global economy tumbled into economic crisis over the past special year because of the widespread outbreaks of Covid-19. As the first country to report outbreak, China was also the first to feel the trauma and experienced sharp economic recession in H12020. This weighed on the incentives for Chinese corporates to go out, resulting in much fewer announced deals during the first half of the year, dragging the whole year’s total deals in both announced and completed terms to a new low compared to the past several years.
Further Reading
The Eagle and the dragon - What's next in the US sanctions on China?
The Economic rationale for reshuffling global value chains
Deglobalisation in the context of United States - China decoupling
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Miranda Zhao, Head of M&A, Natixis Asia Pacific, spoke to S&P Global Market Intelligence about trends in China M&A this year.
Azure Capital joint managing partner Simon Price speaks to The West Australian about the outlook for mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months.
Visit Natixis M&A Partners website to see read more news and see all the latest deals from the global network
Deals targeting logistics companies in China have delivered the best start to the year on record, generating bumper profits for private equity firms.
Coronavirus-spurred growth in the technology sector will help drive M&A activity in the Asia Pacific, bankers and lawyers predict, with the potential easing of Sino-U.S. tensions likely to revive Chinese outbound investment.
SGX chief executive Loh Boon Chye said the city-state’s bourse will remain focused on mergers and acquisitions as a means of growth.
Like many red-hot investments, special purpose acquisition companies inspire a mixture of desire and disdain.
Hong Kong’s financial regulators may open the door for so-called blank-cheque companies to raise funds on the city’s stock market, as local tycoons are being driven offshore to tap a deal making frenzy.
London Stock Exchange Chief Executive Officer David Schwimmer discusses his view on SPACs, cryptocurrency regulation and equivalence negotiations.
2020 is a year that will never be forgotten. Change came quickly, including the way M&A was done.
Singapore’s stock exchange is accelerating plans to become the first major bourse in Asia to list special purpose acquisition companies, aiming to capitalise on a surge of foreign investment in fast-growing technology start-ups.
Merger and acquisition activity in mainland China may pick up further this year, after reaching a five-year high in 2020 despite the pandemic, experts say.
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