The Future Of Emerging Market M&A

We all knew that the 21st century would see the rise of Asia, but its latest manifestation in the form of Asia's corporate financing clout is a feat worth celebrating. Indeed, in Q1, Asia targeted M&A deals accounted for 20.2% of total M&A activity, reaching a seven year high, while Chinese IPOs alone accounted for 47% of the global IPO market. The significance of these statistics is easily grasped through a flashback to the nineties, when M&A was associated with cut-throat legal battles between US and UK companies only, while the highest aspiration of an emerging market (EM) company was

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