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M&A & Investment Insights

Tracking acquisitions, investments and companies to watch across Malaysia and ASEAN's consumer industries.

Grocery and mini-market shelves stocked with packaged food products, representing Hung Tai Group's wholesale and retail food business acquired by Life Water Berhad

Deals & Transactions

Life Water Berhad to Acquire 90% of Hung Tai Group for RM46.8 Million, Expanding Beyond Bottled Water

Deals & Transactions

Thomson Medical’s US$381 Million FV Hospital Buy: Vietnam’s Biggest-Ever Healthcare Deal

Deals & Transactions

Affinity’s US$1.1 Billion Yupi Buyout: The Deal That Repriced ASEAN Food Manufacturing

Deals & Transactions

ZUS Coffee Raises RM250 Million from KV Asia, KWAP and Kapal Api to Fuel ASEAN Expansion

Deals & Transactions

BIG Pharmacy–Caring Merger: The RM850 Million Deal That Created Malaysia’s Largest Pharmacy Group

Deals & Transactions

CP Axtra’s Lotus’s Malaysia to Acquire Village Grocer Owner The Food Purveyor for RM1.66 Billion

Bright, empty private hospital corridor with large windows and handrails, illustrating GIC's investment in Malaysian hospital operator Sunway Healthcare

Deals & Transactions

Deal Retrospective: GIC’s RM750 Million Sunway Healthcare Bet, From 16% Stake to Full Exit

Deals & Transactions

Deal Retrospective: SK Group and Alibaba’s US$1.15 Billion Bet on Masan’s Retail Empire in 2021

Flexible plastic packaging pouch passing through an industrial heat-sealing machine, illustrating Daibochi's flexible packaging converting business

Deals & Transactions

Deal Retrospective: Scientex’s RM345 Million Daibochi Privatisation Bid and the Minority Holdouts Who Stopped It

Deals & Transactions

Deal Retrospective: F&N’s RM488 Million Cocoaland Privatisation and Its Halal Snack Bet

Rows of skincare products on white shelves in a beauty retail store, illustrating Sociolla's omnichannel beauty retail model in Indonesia

Deals & Transactions

Deal Retrospective: Temasek and L Catterton’s US$60 Million Sociolla Round — and the General Atlantic Takeover That Followed

Deals & Transactions

Farm Fresh’s RM83.9 Million Inside Scoop Deal: A 2023 Deal Retrospective

Newborn baby's feet with a hospital ID bracelet in a maternity ward bassinet, illustrating Thomson Medical Group's maternity and fertility hospital franchise

Company Profiles

Thomson Medical Group: Company Profile of Peter Lim’s Singapore–Malaysia–Vietnam Hospital Platform

Company Profiles

Farm Fresh Berhad: Company Profile of Malaysia’s Largest Fresh-Milk Dairy Group

Company Profiles

Masan Group: Company Profile of Vietnam’s Consumer and Retail Conglomerate

Perfume and skincare bottles from the cover of Eng Kah Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2025

Company Profiles

Eng Kah Corporation Berhad: Company Profile of Penang’s Listed Cosmetics OEM and Its RM21 Million Question

Industrial packaging warehouse with shrink film wrapping machine, representing Scientex Berhad's flexible and industrial packaging manufacturing business

Company Profiles

Scientex Berhad: Company Profile of Malaysia’s Packaging and Property Conglomerate

Laboratory technician in gloves mixing a white skincare cream in a bowl, illustrating cosmetic manufacturing in Malaysia

Companies to Watch

Cosmetic Manufacturer in Malaysia to Watch in 2026: Why Dr Orizi Stands Out

Fresh white fish fillets on crushed ice, illustrating Vietnam's pangasius fillet export industry led by Vinh Hoan

Companies to Watch

Vinh Hoan Corporation: Why Vietnam’s Pangasius Leader Is a Company to Watch in 2026

Companies to Watch

DXN Holdings: Why Malaysia’s Ganoderma Direct-Selling Giant Is a Company to Watch in 2026

Companies to Watch

Cocoon: Why Vietnam’s Vegan Beauty Brand Is a Company to Watch in 2026

Warehouse stacked with goods wrapped in plastic stretch film, the type of packaging Thong Guan Industries manufactures

Companies to Watch

Thong Guan Industries: Why Malaysia’s Stretch Film Maker Is a Company to Watch in 2026