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Biz News Korea(Eng)
S. Korea’s M&A market hits record high in terms of value last year, 3rd largest after China, Hong Kong
- Collected
- 2016.03.10
- Distributed
- 2016.03.11
- Source
- Go Direct
According to the Korea Capital Market Institute that quoted data from M&A information provider Mergermarket Group on Wednesday, a total of 362 M&A deals worth $87.5 billion were struck last year in Korea, trailing behind China with $486.9 billion and Hong Kong with $140.8 billion.
Korea`s M&A market in terms of value surged from $29.5 billion in 2012 to $35.3 billion in 2013 and $77.0 billion in 2014, posting an average annual growth of 43.7 percent, it said.
Kim Gyu-lim, a researcher at the Korea Capital Market Institute, explained that last year’s growth in the M&A market was largely led by mega deals by large conglomerates like Samsung and SK seeking to reshuffle their business and organization structures.
Market experts believe the local M&A market to continue expanding this year following the new legislation called ‘One-Shot Act’ designed to facilitate M&As and corporate restructuring through deregulations, tax incentives and funding support.
The new act will accelerate M&As in the small and mid-sized business sector, the researcher said, predicting the trade volume this year to beat last year’s.
By Kang Doo-soon
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