With latest buy, Ant Financial makes global push

Chinese biotech's $53m IPO joins flurry of HK market activity

Even if Hong Kong's social landscape remains fractured, biotech firms continue to be lured to the HKEX, with Ascentage Pharma the latest to float.

October 23, 2019

BofA Merrill adds three investment bankers in Asia

The US bank continues to hire across its investment banking division in the region, adding new staff in China and Korea.

July 02, 2013

CDH’s big bet on e-commerce turnaround

By backing a $6.8 billion management buyout for Belle International, the private equity firm hopes to help the company revitalise its sales by embracing the online world.

May 02, 2017

BofA Merrill loses its Southeast Asia M&A head

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s head of Southeast Asia M&A, Axel Granger, has left the US bank after what looks like being a fairly active first quarter.

March 23, 2015

Cromwell seeks to raise €200m through CB

The Australian property fund manager will use the proceeds to purchase a European property investments manager from private equity group Blackstone.

January 27, 2015

Osotspa launches Thailand's first major IPO in 2018

It may not be as famous internationally as Red Bull but energy drinks group Osotspa is Thailand's oldest consumer products company and it plans to raise as much as $460 million.

September 19, 2018