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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal activity in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region remained inconsistent during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, said a report by GlobalData.

A total of 1,835 M&A deals were announced in the APAC region during Q4 2020, revealed the report.

The number of announced M&A deals in the region increased by 1.9% from 632 in October to 644 in November before shrinking by 13.2% to 559 in December, it added.

"Akin to most of the APAC countries, China also experienced inconsistent activity but continues to be a key global growth engine as global investors see it as an attractive investment destination with the further opening up of policies," said GlobalData.

China, which is the leading APAC market and accounted for 29.1% share of the region's M&A volume during Q4, also had its share of ups and downs. However, its share of deal volume always continued to stay around 30% during the quarter.

According to the report, the number of announced M&A deals in China increased by 10.7% from 178 in October to 197 in November before shrinking by 19.3% to 159 in December. Its share of deal volume stood at 28.2%, 30.6%, and 28.4% during October, November, and December, respectively.

Australia, Japan, India, and South Korea were the other top four markets by deal volume. While deal activity remained inconsistent across most of these key markets, Japan is the only country among them that witnessed a consistent decline in deal vo......................

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