Appleby releases “Offshore-i”
- Deal values in Q1 2012 increased by 25% from the previous quarter's USD 23.2bn to USD 30.9bn.
- The most popular destinations for investors doing deals involving offshore targets are the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
- The number of transactions in the offshore sector in Q1 2012 amounted to 412. While deal volumes were lower than the same period a year ago, there is still a reasonable amount of activity going on across the offshore world.
- The banking, insurance and financial sector continues to dominate offshore activity, well ahead of its nearest comparator, wholesaling.
- Most of the deals in the quarter were minority stake transactions rather than full takeovers.
Published May 4, 2012
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