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Guide to mergers & acquisitions: Singapore 19/07/2006. Baker & McKenzie look at the legal merger process in Singapore and the impact of the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2005, passed last year by the Singapore Parliament. 
M&A in Singapore 20/07/2005. Cross-border deals continue to dominate transactions overall, due to the limited domestic market in Singapore, says Pricewaterhousecoopers. Increases in the stock market and a recovery in regional property also appear to be driving M&A activities in the IT and property sectors. 
Singapore’s 2005 budget: tax implications for private equity house's portfolio firms 07/06/2005. Singapore’s 2005 Budget which was revealed on 18th February 2005 can be considered to be directed at fine-tuning and refinements, rather than making radical changes, says Baker & McKenzie. 
International venture capital: Singapore 19/03/2002. Investment in Singapore's VC industry is increasing as the country embraces the global rise of information technology. However, as Eriq Gardner of Upside discusses, the Singaporean VC community remains conservative in its approach and the island has a long way to go before it is seen as the key technology hub of Asia.

Singapore gambles big with biotech payouts 15/11/2001. The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) wants to turn Singapore into a centre for biomedical sciences, following in the footsteps of Japan and Korea. This article from Red Herring magazine looks at the possibilities for growth.

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