CANBERRA: Singapore Exchange’s agreed US$7.9bil takeover of Australia’s ASX Ltd faced a new hurdle after key political leaders voiced concern over the deal, sending ASX shares down 5.5%.
Australia’s Greens Party, an influential bloc in the upper house Senate, said yesterday it had strong concerns about the deal to create Asia’s fourth-largest stock exchange while the main conservative opposition also questioned the deal.
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