Business leaders have also been taking more time to complete deals, but experts remain hopeful that corporate activities will pick up sooner or later.

There is a growing hunger amongst Asia-Pacific executives for M&A deals as businesses seek to capitalise on market disruptions wrought by ongoing social and trade tensions.

FinanceAsia welcomes the participation of Asia-Pacific financial professionals on the future of regional M&A.

Investment sentiment weakened in Taiwan this year amid China-US trade war and concerns of a global recession.

Trade tensions and failed deals are preying on the minds of FinanceAsia’s readers as they ponder the M&A landscape for the year ahead.

China’s biggest selfie-app operator pays $342 million to venture into video gaming in the face of rapidly changing consumer trends and a declining share price.

Troubles around domestic economy and regional trade relations have led to a sharp decline in corporate restructuring and strategic investment deals.

Tan will help build FWD, the insurance arm of Richard Li’s Pacific Century Group, into a regional platform.

The Hong Kong exchange’s formula of failure – emphasising on the financial merits while neglecting London’s concerns over corporate governance.

Despite the regulatory risks that surround China’s education sector, the private school operator manages to close the year's first convertible bond sale in Asia ex-Japan.