mergers and acquisitions
HSBC offloads $25b home‑loan portfolio amidst Australia retail banking exit
HSBC offloads $25b home‑loan portfolio amidst Australia retail banking exit
It is seen as the world's largest home-loan portfolio transaction.
Hong Kong enters ‘year of the carve-out’ as M&A rebounds
Deal value hit a decade-high $289b in the first quarter.
Pak Tak signs MoU for planned Tanzanian gold company acquisition
It plans to acquire a partial or total equity stake in a gold explorer and producer.
Hotel101 secures SEC approval for merger with Nasdaq-listed JVSPAC
The merger values Hotel101 at an equity value of $3b.
Gaw Capital Partners acquires Mamsha Gardens building for $1.17b
The property is slated for completion by 2028.
Privatisation deals drive M&A activity in Hong Kong
L’Occitane and China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings are among the companies delisting from HKEX.
Deal volume in HK drops 20.7% YoY in the first three quarters of 2023
In APAC, activity fell 20.6% YoY to 10,761 deals.
Digitalisation, decarbonisation drive M&A deals in APAC
In Q1, technology, media and telecom (TMT) was the busiest sector in the Asia Pacific by volume with 622 deals.
Financial services M&A deals reached $125b in 2021: KPMG
The deal value jumped from $11.35b in 2020.
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