Singapore's total M&A value up 64.3% to US$59.4b in H1

Submitted By:  Danielle Isaac Case Study:  No Blackstone’s US$18.7b acquisition of GLP, the largest deal with Singaporean involvement to date, boosted the total. Overall Singapore announced M&A activity reached US$59.4b so far this year, up 64.3% in value from a year ago, making it the strongest semi-annual period for Singapore-involvement M&A since the record set in H2 2017, Refinitiv revealed. The biggest contributor is Blackstone Group’s US$18.7b pending acquisition of GLP Pte Ltd’s US logistics assets, which is the largest deal with Singaporean involvement on record. read more