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How financial services leaders are eager to increase M&A despite regulatory barriers.

Financial services executives in Asia today face growing pressure to satisfy shareholders, please customers, and capitalise on their successes. With falling barriers, the threat of new competition continues to escalate, and prudent executives have no choice but to maintain a constant surveillance of new market trends and growth opportunities. Based on the results of our survey, successful financial services executives may need to take into account a number of challenges.

First of all, they must be prepared for larger, more aggressive M&A, joint venture and partnership deals. To remain competitive, financial services executives must place a high priority on knowing their fellow market players, the institution they compete against today could well become their strategic partner, or even new owner, tomorrow.

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