Indonesia beats SE Asian nations with $5.5b worth of mergers and acquisitions

The country leads the SE Asia mergers and acquisitions volume for the first time since 2005 YTD.

According to Dealogic, Indonesia Inbound M&A has surged to $5.5bn in 2011 YTD, more than 4.5 times the $1.2bn achieved in 2010 YTD and leads all the nation in SE Asia Inbound M&A volume for the first time since 2005 YTD, with a 32.0% market share. Followed by Malaysia and Singapore with shares of 28.6% and 16.0% respectively.

GMR Infrastructure’s $450m bid for a 30% stake of PT Golden Energy Mines is the biggest Indonesia Inbound M&A deal in 3Q 2011. Followed by Marubeni Crop’s $260m acquisition of PT Jawa Power announced in July 2011.

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