Tag: asia

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Sinha from IDFC Project Equity talks infrastructure

MK Sinha, the president and chief executive officer of IDFC Project Equity, explains why investing in Indian infrastructure is an exciting opportunity.

By Sameera Anand | 5 May 2010

Business Moves

Citic Securities and Credit Agricole combine forces

Citic and Credit Agricole join forces in a deal that puts CLSA in a position to become the dominant foreign player in the China brokerage market.

By Sameera Anand | 5 May 2010

People Moves

Goldman Sachs hires Sonjoy Chatterjee from ICICI in India

Goldman Sachs installs an ICICI Bank executive director as co-CEO alongside Brooks Entwistle.

By Sameera Anand | 4 May 2010

People Moves

Asit Bhatia rejoins BoA Merrill in India

Bank of America Merrill Lynch brings back Asit Bhatia in a senior client coverage role for corporate and investment banking in India.

By Sameera Anand | 4 May 2010

People Moves

Yash Kaman jumps to Deutsche from J.P. Morgan

Deutsche Bank poaches Yash Kaman from J.P. Morgan to co-head the firm's natural resources group.

By Sameera Anand | 3 May 2010

M&A

Charles River buys WuXi PharmaTech in $1.6 billion deal

Pharmaceutical research company Charles River pays $1.6 billion in cash and stock to acquire Chinese outsourcing company WuXi PharmaTech two-and-a-half years after its listing ...

By Sameera Anand | 27 April 2010

Private Banking

Barclays Wealth hires Bryan Henning from Standard Chartered

Bryan Henning moves to Barclays Wealth to head up global research and investments for Asia.

By Sameera Anand | 27 April 2010

Business Moves

Standard Chartered promotes Sean Wallace

Singapore-based Sean Wallace takes over as head of origination and client coverage following Vis Shankar's move to Dubai to become a director of the Standard Chartered board.

By Sameera Anand | 20 April 2010

People Moves

Credit Suisse hires Vedika Bhandarkar to head investment banking for India

Vedika Bhandarkar, who was previously head of India investment banking at J.P. Morgan, joins Credit Suisse as vice-chairman for India and brings Sandeep Pangal along with her.

By Sameera Anand | 19 April 2010

Business Moves

Ravi Kapoor promoted at Citi India

Citi promotes Ravi Kapoor to its top client relationship management role for the corporate and investment bank in India, and convinces its CFO Abhijit Sen not to leave for KKR.

By Sameera Anand | 16 April 2010

M&A

Carlyle raises $2.55 billion fund

Carlyle raises its third Asia fund, adding $2.55 billion of capital to its war chest for private equity investments in the region.

By Sameera Anand | 15 April 2010

People Moves

Barclays Capital hires Siggi Thorkelsson as regional head of equities

Sigurbjörn "Siggi" Thorkelsson joins Barclays after leaving Nomura in early March following bonus payouts.

By Anette Jönsson | 15 April 2010

M&A

Sinopec pays $4.65 billion for stake in Canadian oil sands project

Sinopec buys ConocoPhillips' 9% interest in Canada's Syncrude oil sands project.

By Sameera Anand | 14 April 2010

Co-published

IPO valuations should leave room on the upside, S&P says

Lorraine Tan, Asia vice-president of Standard & Poor's equity research, talks about the prospects for Asian equity markets in 2010 and explains how companies should price their ...

By Lillian Liu | 14 April 2010

M&A

Reliance Industries in $1.7 billion JV with Atlas Energy

Indian petrochemicals company Reliance Industries finally seals a cross-border M&A deal, buying a 40% interest in a 300,000 acre natural gas field owned by Pennsylvania-based ...

By Sameera Anand | 12 April 2010

M&A

Primus Financial buys US broker Chapdelaine

Financial services-focused private equity firm Primus Financial buys US inter-dealer broker Chapdelaine & Company.

By Sameera Anand | 9 April 2010

Macro & Markets

China has booster effect on growth in East Asia

East Asia, led by China, has emerged stronger after the financial crisis, but a continuation of structural reform is needed to maintain the growth momentum, finds the World Bank.

By Sameera Anand | 8 April 2010

Debt

A record first quarter for Asia's bond markets

Banks dominate as Asian bond issuers raise over $20 billion from 41 deals in the G3 currency markets in the first quarter.

By Mei Tuicolo | 7 April 2010

M&A

Bharti and Zain agree $10.7 billion deal

Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel signs definitive agreements to buy the African operations of Zain, in a deal backed by $7.5 billion in debt financing provided by a host of ...

By Sameera Anand | 1 April 2010

View Point

Ex-banker Chetan Bhagat talks about his blockbuster books

Banker turned India’s best-selling English novelist, Chetan Bhagat, explains why writing is more fulfilling than banking.

By Sameera Anand | 31 March 2010

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