(6 July 2012 – Asia) The latest research across the Asian business markets from industry consultants East & Partners has revealed that Asia’s Top 1000 businesses are planning to engage new debt facilities as the predominant method of funding business growth in the coming six months.Over a third of this Institutional and Large Corporate market are looking to use
debt facilities to fund growth, with 21.1 percent turning to equity as their
dominant growth funding. Almost 10 percent revealed that they are looking to
launch an IPO or another form of Capital Raising and a further 11.1 percent are
considering a mix of funding forms.
Interestingly only a quarter plan to use existing working capital/liquidity to
fund growth plans.
|
How does your business plan to fund growth in the next six months |
Average % Responded |
| Debt | 30.3 |
| Equity | 21.1 |
| Existing working capital / liquidity | 25.6 |
| IPO / other capital raising(s) | 9.8 |
| Other | 2.1 |
| Mix of the above | 11.1 |
| TOTAL | 100.0 |
Source: East & Partners’ Asian Institutional Transaction Banking Markets –
May 2012.
East & Partners’ Head of Client Relationships, David Brown commented, “Asian
businesses are demonstrating increased confidence in the economic prospects of
their respective markets. As a result the focus for Asian companies is growth,
both organically as well as through M&A activities. With capital market
conditions in Asia stable, more companies are taking advantage of available
credit”
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