Singapore's M&A deals capture 9% of Asia's target activity

But guess which country beat Singapore as the most targeted nation for M&As?

According to Thomson Reuters, M&A deals targeting Asia-Pacific companies declined 16.4% to US$293.8 billion thus far compared to the first nine months last year, accounting for 18.6% of target M&A globally.

Here's more from Thomson Reuters:

Chinese companies continued to be the preferred target in the region by both domestic and foreign acquirors with US$109.4 billion, a slight increase of 3% from the same period in 2011, and capturing 37.2% of target Asia Pacific M&A activity.

Notably, Singapore saw a significant uptick in deal value compared to the first nine months of 2011, increasing 105.5% and capturing 9.0% of Asia’s target M&A activity. United States was the most active non-Asian acquiror of Asia Pacific companies capturing 14.9% of the region’s inbound acquisitions, and had the most number of announced deals with 305 transactions.

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