Online travel agency KKday has attracted the attention of Japanese and Chinese internet giants. Its social media profile fits in with their expansion plans.
The Tokyo-based venture fund is raising its fourth fund, aiming for $120 million for investment in early-stage internet-related companies in Japan, Taiwan and developed Asia.
The New York-listed holding company stunned the market by selling its 23.9% stake in Yahoo Japan via an overnight block trade. It probably couldn't have happened elsewhere in Asia.
The private equity group bolsters its team in Japan after a series of acquisitions by hiring a 30-year investment veteran.
The Japanese conglomerate's Vision Fund will help the tech-minded Chinese insurer expand across Asia and, eventually, the world.
The Japanese megabank wins approval to up stake in Indonesian consumer lender to 40%. Greater access to Japan’s solidly respectable corporates via MUFG will improve Danamon’s credit worthiness.
The private equity firm spots a key component maker in the value chain for electric cars. Its track record shows it has a knack for shedding light on non-core units of Japan's sprawling conglomerates.
With a 16-year track record in Asia, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Property Investors now wants to snare rising demand for hotels in Japan and sees value in secondary Shanghai locations.
The Fung family’s right-of-first-refusal is likely to disrupt the $1 billion sale of the toy retailer in Asia. Private equity bidders and distressed debt holders face disappointment.
The Hong Kong-headquartered insurer's first digital officer needs to push through change as the staid industry faces disruption from online startups.
World’s second-largest reinsurer ends talks with one of the world’s largest tech investors. SoftBank's array of new economy companies could have helped Swiss Re meet the challenge of change.
Removal of restrictions sees leading foreign securities and asset managers re-evaluate China's financial market in search of profit. Tactics will determine if years of misfortune and lacklustre results will be reversed.
No longer "corporate raiders", activists are increasingly looking to opportunities to add value by bringing old-fashioned companies into the modern era. In Asia, there's no shortage of targets.
Big names like Softbank and KKR back the $825m startup that protects networks against increasingly sophisticated hackers. Here's why even a coffee machine can be a point of vulnerability.
Japan's septuagenarian finance minister is wasting his opportunity to restructure the world's third-biggest economy for the long term. A new scandal only underlines his failings.