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Conglomerates in Southeast Asia need to refine their strategies to outperform their global counterparts

Felicia Tan
Felicia Tan • 3 min read
Conglomerates in Southeast Asia need to refine their strategies to outperform their global counterparts
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While conglomerates in Southeast Asia (SEA) have been historically outperforming their global peers in total shareholder returns (TSR), this gap has been eroding, according to a recent EY-Parthenon study.

The study, dated March 21, studied 262 publicly-listed conglomerates around the world, including 36 in SEA.

Between 2002 and 2011, the study found that the 10-year annual average TSR for conglomerates in SEA came in at 34% in contrast to the rest of the world’s average TSR of 14%.

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