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Investment banks expect more deal-making activity in Asia and Singapore in 2025

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Ocean Financial Centre (middle) and OCBC Centre (second from right) in blue light against CBD skyline on Oct 29, 2024.
Singapore lights up on World Stroke Day. Several landmarks and buildings islandwide will be lit up in blue to show support for stroke survivors and their caregivers on their recovery journey on Oct 29, 2024.
The World Stroke Day Landmark Light Up is in-line with the National Stroke Awareness Campaign organised by the Ministry of Health’s Stroke Services Improvement (SSI) team to raise awareness on stroke. Aptly themed “Be Stroke S.M.A.R.T., Think F.A.S.T.”, the campaign focuses on stroke prevention this year, in addition to the importance of swift recognition of stroke symptoms to reduce stroke-related deaths and disabilities.
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The rosier 2025 outlook comes after a tough year for deal-making in the region.

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Sheila Chiang

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SINGAPORE - Investment banks expect fund-raising activities and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the region to pick up in 2025 after a tough year in 2024, with Singapore expected to play host to more of such deals.

Mr Nicolo Magni, head of global banking for South-east Asia and South Asia at UBS, said: “We are positive about the Asia-Pacific investment banking landscape in 2025 and we have seen more activity in the market.”

Investment banks expect more deal-making activity in Asia and Singapore in 2025

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