According to Mergermarket’s data, deal value in APAC ex-Japan stood at US$241 billion ($326.6 billion) in 1H2019, down 36% y-o-y, even as the region’s market share of global M&A shrank to 14.4% from 18.6%. The number of deals generated in the first half fell to 1,525 from 2,031.
(July 15): Heightened trade and technology tensions between the US and China this year look to be taking a toll on merger and acquisition activity in the region, particularly China.
“M&A activity in Asia-Pacific (APAC), excluding Japan, during the first half of the year slowed down to levels unseen since 2013, amid an escalating US-China
trade and technology war,” says deal-tracking firm Mergermarket in its latest global and regional M&A report, released early this month.
