China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia witnessed decline in deal volume by 23.6%, 12.5%, 33.8%, 31.2%, 21.3%, 17.1%, 14.3% and 26.7%, respectively, in September compared to the previous month.
A total of 12,936 deals (mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing) were announced in the Asia Pacific region during the first quarter to the third quarter of 2022, which represents a 2.5% growth compared to 12,618 deals during the same period in 2021.
However, September this year experienced a massive decline in deal activity, reveals data and analytics company GlobalData. An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that a total of 1,108 deals were announced in the Apac region in September, which is a decline of 22.9% compared to the previous month.

