Duff & Phelps recently released the annual edition of
Transaction Trail 2018, the flagship publication of Duff &
Phelps' South East Asia practice. The report takes an in-depth
look at transaction and capital markets activities, including
mergers and acquisitions ("M&A"), private equity
("PE") and venture capital ("VC") investments
as well as initial public offerings ("IPOs"), in
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia (the "Region") over the
course of 2018.1
Key highlights of the report:
Total activity valued at US$136 billion
In 2018, the region recorded total deal activity valued at over
US$136 billion spread across 1,419 deals, with over 15 transactions
valued at more than one billion dollars each. Globally, over 39,000
deals valued at over US$3.5 trillion were registered in the same
period.2
