M&A market braces for policy slowdown

M&A market braces for policy slowdown

In late April, Malaysia-based private equity firm Creador announced the acquisition of a 13 per cent stake in FPT Long Chau Investment. The deal marks Long Chau’s first-ever fundraising round and Creador’s second investment in Vietnam. Long Chau has quickly scaled up its chain from four stores in 2017 to more than 2,000 pharmacies and over 140 vaccination centres nationwide. “Very few businesses achieve what Long Chau has - national scale, brand…

SA's M&A landscape sees renewal as capital markets rebound

Cross border portfolio optimisation by global firms, and revived private unity investment are shaping South Africa's mergers and acquisitions[M&A] landscape at a time when the capital markets of the South African continent are experiencing new growth.In an interview conducted by the Business Report Yvonne Ike, head of Sub-Saharan Africa at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said capital markets in Africa “entered 2025 with cautious optimism”.Ike sta…