MARC index rates China as 'mature'

BEIJING - China has emerged as a major attraction for cross-border merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity, and has for the first time been classified as a "mature" market for such deals.

That's according to data published in a global M&A index on Tuesday.

The Cass MARC Maturity Index is compiled by the M&A Research Centre (MARC) at the Cass Business School in London in collaboration with MergerMarkets. It rates 175 countries according to various criteria, including regulatory, economic, financial, and technological environments,