August 2, 2012

S'pore is world's 2nd most attractive market to do M&A

Singapore is the world's second most attractive market to do mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

This according to the 2012 M&A Maturity Index published by the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School and Ernst & Young.

The United States has retained the top spot, while the United Kingdom and Hong Kong took third and fourth place respectively.

The index ranks 148 countries on their ability to attract both domestic and cross border M&A deals.

Read full story: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1217499/1/.html 

Author's comment: I bet we'll see some of those exciting M&A deals in insurance materialize fairly soon. With both Aviva and HSBC being potentially up for sale next year, there might be quite a stirrup in the industry.


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