TradeCard''s missing link in its online trade transaction model is in place, but only in Hong Kong.
Australian telecom operator Davnet has apologized to New World Telephone after New World threatened to sue it for remarks it made about the Hong Kong operator''s staffing and market share.
The Malaysian Securities Commission has backtracked on its reform plan by allowing brokerages more time to consolidate.
Despite B shares'' spectacular performance of late, their very future is in doubt.
It''s taken just two days on the road, promoting its IPO to investors, for Phoenix Satellite TV to lower its sights for the amount it expects to raise in its IPO.
The Hong Kong public can begin subscribing today for shares in China Unicom, the mainland''s second-biggest telecom company, at a price range of HK$13.66 to HK$15.84.
Convincing reports suggest DaimlerChrysler has decided to make a joint bid with Hyundai Motor for Korea''s Daewoo Motor.
Whilst the rest of the world ponders about online payments in the B2B world, China has finally closed the loop in the B2C world.
A merchant bank hit by deposit runs finds unexpected help from Korea''s regulators.
Semiconductor packaging company Asat plans to go ahead with a $250 million Nasdaq IPO. Shares of 50% shareholder QPL have fallen over the past few weeks on speculation the listing had been postponed.
According to proposed EU directives the interface between the EU indirect tax system and its trading partners will be neutral. Is it?
Strong demand from investors in Asia and the US has prompted China Unicom to increase the price range for shares in its IPO, lifting the amount it could raise to $6 billion.
A share buyback by Posco has given the KDB placement a huge fillip as investors applaud Posco''s use of excess cash.
China Unicom will tell potential investors tomorrow (Monday June 12) that it will raise the pricing range of its upcoming IPO.
For some industries, good things come out of bad. Export credit agencies (ECAs) are again stepping out in style. Richard Burton of Coface talks about the outlook for ECAs in Asia.
Citibank loses Quentin Hills to Merrill Lynch as the US investment bank seeks to re-build capacity in domestic debt.
Indofood''s Rp1 trillion five-year bond issue is likely to yield 16% - the middle of its suggested range.
As inflation starts to creep back into Asia, the markets could see a battle royal between exporters and central bankers.
Moving ahead with its plan to build a pan-European mobile phone network, Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa has teamed up with Investor AB to bid for a 3G licence in Sweden.
The battle for the forex market dominance has begun and combined venture FXall.com has taken the first shot.
UEM plans to ride roughshod over minority shareholder rights by selling part of its PLUS holding rather than exercising its put option on a Renong stake.
Within just a few short days, the issuing environment for Asian equity and debt has improved dramatically.
Salomon Smith Barney says growth rates and multiples are passT in the electronic valuation game.
Merger talks for government-owned banks such as Cho Hung Bank, Hanvit Bank and Korea Exchange Bank are slated for next month, just two months before the business of taking deposits changes.
Braving the choppy waters of a volatile market, Phoenix Satellite Television plans to raise up to HK$1 billion in an IPO on Hong Kong''s Growth Enterprise Market.
Bangkok Mass Transit System says its IPO remains on target to get away in the second half of this year despite weaker-than-expected take-up since its December launch.
MSCI''s new China indices may change the way investors pick funds.
Silverline Technologies is the latest Indian company to tap the US equity markets with its planned sale of $125 million of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
Government-owned Export-Import Bank of Thailand has launched a two-tranche Bt5 billion offering that will test the strength of the local currency bond market.
An independent watchdog in Indonesia has accused Garuda''s management of participating in a $1 billion fraud involving mark-ups on aircraft leasing agreements.
Frustrated ColbyNet, forced to postpone its IPO for the second time amid poor investor takeup, may ditch its investment bank, HSBC, as it prepares for a third attempt in the fall.
Korea''s de facto fund managers, the investment trust companies, will shortly mark their assets-to-market. The results could torpedo Korea''s fragile financial system.
Globalization and the internet are forcing huge changes in the way stocks are issued and traded in Asia. But there''s a danger stock exchanges could become too lax as they transform their role.
Temasek has picked Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and DBS to lead manage its PSA Corp IPO, according to market sources. The sale is expected to raise up to $4 billion later this year.
Citibank managing director Lui Chong Chee talks about the rapid development of Singapore''s domestic debt markets.
HSBC adds further weight to its debt capital market''s team with the appointment of Florian Schmidt.
State Street is at a crossroads. KK Tse, the bank''s chief in Asia, maps out the new world custodians face in the region.
Australia''s five largest banks are looking to develop B2B payment capabilities over the internet, but are they just staking out their territory?
Kate Richdale has resigned from JP Morgan in Hong Kong in order to take up a position at rival Morgan Stanley.
UBS Warburg''s star corporate financier Suneel Kamlani is to leave the firm''s Asian offices for the US.
Shares of AsiaOne, the internet arm of Singapore Press Holdings, fell in its first day''s trading, the victim of overambitious pricing and a skittish stock market.
In its effort to blame New World Development for the breakdown of plans to take a stake in the company''s telephone business, Davnet of Australia may have stirred up more trouble than it bargained for.