Think smart: Are investors getting over-excited by online education again?

The sudden uptick in early stage investment into Chinese online education may provide temporary relief for a sector suffering from a slowdown in appetite since the summer of last year. However, investors may struggle to pick the wheat from the chaff.

Privatisation

Will LIC be the Saudi Aramco of India?

As India’s government is under pressure to shore up its ailing balance sheet, it has identified a handful of state assets to sell. The Life Insurance Corporation of India offers the most lucrative opportunity, but how international investors respond when they look under the hood is key.

Ready for growth

By First Metro Investment Corporation

ICBC: Global markets business heading towards better quality and efficiency

By ICBC

A Chinese Renaissance

By Huatai International

Shariah-compliant financing

Indonesian Islamic crowdfunding fintech has very global ambitions

Shariah-compliant fintech companies are popping up in Indonesia at a healthy clip. Given the relative underperformance of their traditional bricks and mortar siblings, many startups are confident they can capture huge market share. ALAMI is just one good example.

Coronavirus

Don't touch me! Online healthcare investment in China spikes in last three weeks

Chinese companies offering online medical services are presently in vogue with early stage investors. In light of this mini-trend, we interviewed the chairman of Ping An Good Doctor to explore how the coronavirus outbreak could shape the future of healthcare in China.

Private equity

Why Warburg Pincus invested in a Singaporean mobile virtual network

Big brand private equity companies are opening their wallets for high-tech, low-asset companies riding off consumers unabated demand for mobile internet access. Singapore’s Circles.Life is the most recent recipient of their financial backing.

Banking on the future

Sri Lanka co-opts its banks (again) to kick start economic growth

The new government wants to get growth back to a level that befits the country’s promise. One key route is a moratorium on loans. The rating agencies loathe the idea, but the country’s leading bankers and economists give a broadly positive assessment.

Central Asia

AIX chief executive: "liquidity breeds liquidity breeds liquidity"

Timothy Bennett, CEO of the Astana International Exchange, talks to FinanceAsia about how his lessons learnt running the NZX will help get Kazakhstan's second stock exchange's engine running.

ESG debt

Why issuers in Asia now need to take social bonds seriously

There are welcome signs the new asset class is finding its feet the region. After South Korea’s pioneering efforts, interest is now picking up in India and accelerating in Japan. However, not everyone is yet fully convinced of its virtues just yet.

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