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.

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

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

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.