Asia Pacific sees 7% decline in 1H17 M&A value on tighter Chinese outbound regulations

SINGAPORE (July 6): Asia Pacific ex-Japan has recorded 1,585 merger and acquisition (M&A) deals valued at US$272.9 billion ($377.5 billion) in 1H17 – down 7% by deal value compared to US$293.5 billion across 1,724 deals in the same period a year ago.

This is according to the global M&A trend report for 1H this year, announced by Mergermarket Group today.  

China, which accounted for half (49.1%) of all deals in the region, saw a drop in deal value by 23.8% to US$134 billion across 675 transactions – a stark contrast from the US$175.9 billion (774 transactions) in 1H16, when the country contributed a 59.9% share of Asia ex-Japan’s M&A.

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