India, Australia, and the whole Southeast Asia region are expected to post the strongest growth in Asia Pacific deal announcements in the first nine months of the year.
The forecast comes from the “Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor” report for global M&A activity for the first three quarters of 2017, which says that the number of announced deals in APAC over the period is expected to grow 13% year-over-year to nearly 13,000 deals.
APAC is predicted to record the highest growth for the period, followed by North America (11%); Latin America (7%); and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (0%).
According to Matt Porzio, Intralinks vice president, the strongest growth in announced deals in APAC is expected to come from the consumer and retail, financials, and healthcare sectors. In the middle of the pack are the materials, industrials, and real estate sectors, while the technology, media, and telecommunications as well as energy and power sectors are expected to cool down.
Philip Whitchelo, Intralinks vice president, said that the notorious clampdown by Chinese authorities on outbound M&A has reduced the number of very large transactions, weighing down aggregate announced deal value. However, the impact is significantly smaller than expected on the number of outbound M&A deals from China, he said.
Nonetheless, India may overtake China in the news cycle in the APAC region after quietly becoming the fastest-growing large economy in 2015, Intralinks said. The International Monetary Fund predicts India’s growth to outpace China between 2016 and 2022.
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