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Country deals of the year: Taiwan

February 02, 2010  

From Aaron Pan

KGI Securities’ purchase of Taishin Securities is the largest merger in Taiwan's brokerage sector and was the largest completed M&A deal on the island in 2009. It wins Asiamoney's nod as Taiwan's best deal of the past year.

TAIWAN
KGI Securities’ US$880 million acquisition of Taishin Securities
Adviser to KGI Securities: KPMG Corporate Finance
Adviser to Taishin Securities: Morgan Stanley, Nomura

Taiwan’s brokerage industry has long been in need of consolidation, with more than 150 such firms located on...


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 LOCAL CURRENCY DCM

Rank Bookrunner Value ($m) No. %Share
1 Samsung Securities Co 1,079 13 4.8
2 China Development Bank Corp 1,066 3 4.8
3 KB Financial Group Inc 1,052 10 4.7
4 Daewoo Securities 950 8 4.2
5 Korea Investment & Securities 865 14 3.9
6 Woori Investment & Securities 854 12 3.8
7 SK Securities 758 8 3.4
8 CITIC Securities 686 2 3.1
9 Dongbu Group 650 10 2.9
10 Haitong Securities 649 2 2.9
Subtotal 8,609 70 38.4
Total 22,396 168 100.0

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