investment

Australia unveils A$2bn investment fund to bolster Southeast Asia ties

The Southeast Asia (SEA) Investment Financing Facility will provide loans, guarantees, equity and insurance for projects to help boost Australian trade and investment, with clean energy and infrastructure development as key targets.

March 05, 2024

Capital Group bolsters Asian fixed income team

The firm has made two senior appointments in Sydney and Singapore, as Asian investors eye fixed income opportunity.

October 17, 2023

China syndrome: open and closed for business at the same time

A recent closed-door symposium held by the CSRC in Beijing aimed to show that China is open for business. But can it keep the door open and closed at the same time?

August 01, 2023

Bottoms up: Exclusive interview with Vinovest CEO & co-founder, Anthony Zhang

Vinovest set up in 2019 with a mission to democratise access to a luxury investment sector. Anthony Zhang spoke to FA about the opportunity that fine wine presents to Asian investors.

April 11, 2023

Exclusive interview with Micro Connect founder and chair, Charles Li

Charles Li shares Micro Connect’s aspirations to enable one million small businesses to achieve individual annual profits of RMB1 million ($150,000).

March 07, 2023

“Japan-related M&A activity will remain strong in 2023” – DLA Piper corporate partner

FA speaks to recently appointed DLA Piper Tokyo-based recruit, Peter Armstrong, about Japan’s strategic investment outlook.

February 21, 2023

Standard Chartered granted in-principle China securities firm licence

The bank is the first to set up a 100% foreign-owned securities firm via greenfield investment in the Mainland, since the market scrapped foreign ownership limits.

February 07, 2023

Asia Genesis strategy to help investors weather “bull and bear decade”

Following the stellar performance of his Japan Macro Fund in the early 2000s, Soon Hock Chua has opened access to his most recent hedge strategy through tokenisation on the ADDX digital securities platform.

February 07, 2023

The US Chips Act: The next major headache for Asian tech investors

Asian technology companies account for a third of regional investment indices, but the ban on advanced chips is testing appetite for a sector already facing cyclical weakness and ongoing regulatory uncertainty.

December 06, 2022

Indonesia’s start-up scene: The land of plenty

Indonesia is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and home to tech success stories like GoTo and Bukalapak, but thanks to the market’s size and scale, we are only at the very beginning of its start-up story.

November 01, 2022