Strong M&A Activity Growth Forecast for Asia
Year-over-year growth in the number of announced merger and acquisitions deals in Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2018 is predicted to be robust.
All markets in the region are showing increasing volumes of early-stage merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity, with the strongest contributions to Asia Pacific's (APAC's) growth over the next six months coming from Southeast Asia, India and North Asia (China, Hong Kong and South Korea).
According to the Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor, a predictor of future M&A announcements, year-over-year (YOY) growth in the number of announced M&A deals in APAC in the first quarter of 2018 is predicted to be up around 14 percent. This growth is expected to be driven by the Real Estate, Materials and Consumer & Retail sectors.
Despite the political instability on the Korean peninsula and in Myanmar, for most of the APAC region, strengthening global economic demand and supportive fiscal and monetary policy actions are driving vigorous economic growth and increasing dealmaking confidence.
