Temasek has been backing a wave of international dealmaking by some of its biggest companies as the Singaporean state-owned investment company faces pressure to boost returns from its S$382bn (US$282bn) portfolio.
The global investor has been an influential “behind the scenes” supporter of major mergers and acquisitions by companies it has stakes in, including Singtel, ST Engineering, Singapore Airlines and Sembcorp Marine, said two people familiar with the transactions.
More such deals encouraged by Temasek, whose profits form a major source of revenue for the government’s national budget, are in the pipeline, one of the people added.