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HKEX to allow Bursa Malaysia firms to make secondary listings

An agreement will allow firms with a primary listing on Bursa Malaysia’s main market to apply for a secondary listing on HKEX as a Recognised Stock Exchange; it follows agreements with Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand in SEA.

July 23, 2026

Societe Generale appoints former JP Morgan banker as TMT Apac head

Hong Kong-based William Si-Tu will lead the origination and execution of investment banking activities in the region across the technology, media and telecom sector, including AI.

July 23, 2026

Serentica Renewables secures $345m loan facility for India decarbonisation push

The Indian renewable energy power producer is looking to accelerate industrial decarbonisation, including for Bharat Aluminium, through large-scale solar and wind projects.

July 21, 2026

Blackstone invests in Korea’s Futronic and launches Apac infrastructure platform

The alternative asset manager is backing a South Korean motion-control technology provider at a reported valuation of $676m; Blackstone has also appointed former KKR executive Ami Momaya as its first dedicated infrastructure hire in Asia Pacific.

July 21, 2026

Deal Analysis: Lightelligence’s HK$2.5bn IPO on HKEX

The Shanghai-based photonic computing company's blockbuster debut in H1 underscores investor appetite for AI infrastructure while testing both HKEX's Chapter 18C regime and Hong Kong's IPO revival. Ryan Cheng spoke to senior market participants about the deal.

July 20, 2026

Genesis and Vault merge into Australia’s third-largest gold miner

Following the termination of another deal, the merger creates a dominant Western Australian producer, underscoring how high gold prices are accelerating consolidation across Australia's mining sector.

July 17, 2026

Shell offloads India renewables platform Sprng Energy to Aditya Birla in $1.8bn deal

Shell’s $1.8bn sale of Sprng Energy to a BlackRock-backed Aditya Birla unit highlights a growing strategic divergence as European majors recycle capital while Asian conglomerates aggressively scale their clean energy portfolios.

July 17, 2026

Baillie Gifford sets-up fully native tokenised bond fund in Hong Kong

The asset manager's blockchain-native bond fund marks another milestone in Hong Kong's push to build regulated tokenised capital markets.

July 15, 2026

SK Hynix shines on Wall Street as Seoul rout highlights AI memory trade tensions

The South Korean chipmaker's record $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut was followed by a record sell-off in Seoul after weaker earnings expectations, even as analysts remain constructive on the longer-term AI memory cycle.

July 14, 2026

Creating portfolios to capture new opportunities in uncertain times

As investors review – and potentially rethink – the strategies and asset classes in their portfolios in today’s complex and challenging landscape, FTSE Russell collaborated with FinanceAsia to host the second annual morning briefing in Hong Kong. The focus was on enticing themes across dividends and REITs, digital assets and gold, and innovation and disruptive technology, to explore the role of index-based approaches in offering access to a range of emerging opportunities.

FTSE Russell, an LSEG business