Raj Shah, partner and head of healthcare, Nordic Capital, discusses how investors are looking to tap into Asia's demographic demand, gain portfolio resilience, and drive healthcare innovation.

Barrenjoey Capital Partners is intending to merge with ASX-listed Magellan Financial Group to create a firm with a balance sheet of A$2bn.

Hong Kong-based Selina Cheung was most recently at UBS.

Goldie joins the investment firm from Invesco in London and is chair of the European Fund and Asset Management Association ETF task force. Capital Group has seven offices in Apac.

The investment banking advisory firm has strengthened in Singapore as secondaries activity gathers pace across the region; Hart previously worked at Adams Street Partners.

Amid a structural shift towards Asia, Insilico Medicine's IPO in December was a significant moment for the exchange, while French biotech TheraVectys is understood to be considering a listing.

SC's operating profit grew 6% last year; Zurich Australia snaps up life insurer ClearView; Citi Vietnam appoints Thai Nguyet Minh as head of markets.

Co-investors in the take-private deal for the healthcare firm include 65 Equity Partners, the Employees Provident Fund and China’s Silk Road Fund.

If the deal is finalised, a combination of the US and UK global asset managers will control almost $2.5 trillion of assets under management; they both have offices across Apac.

Hong Kong-based Peng Yu is a specialist in private equity and M&A transactions.