North Asia

The $928m sale of Lotte Rental is part of a portfolio restructure by the Korean giant.

As tokenised money develops, the Standard Chartered-backed JV is rolling out access for institutions, corporate users and professional investors.

More firms are building data centres across SEA as demand for compute rises, but risks are lurking for investors.

Asia secondaries activity is increasing as a result of geopolitical uncertainties, a growing private equity market and rising awareness, Coller Capital’s Zhan Yang tells FA.

Bogd Bank has increased its debut international notes to $100m, while the Development Bank of Mongolia has expanded its new bond to $750m, highlighting growing offshore investor interest in the frontier market’s financial institutions.

Ho will join in September from Oliver Wyman Current head of group strategy Kevin Rumjahn will become managing director, head of CEO Office and strategic relations at the stock exchange.

FinanceAsia's latest magazine reflects on covering Asia Pacific's capital markets for three decades, including the region's top five IPOs and M&A deals in that timeframe.

The transaction represents the largest equity transaction in Taiwan since 2005, and the largest GDR issuance ever completed in Taiwan's capital markets.

The former Permira managing director rejoins the global law firm after six years with the private equity group. Tim Mak has also been named managing partner of Freshfields' Hong Kong office.