North Asia

The French bank has agreed to acquire M&A specialist Sangyo Sosei Advisory.

The two financial centres are advancing regulatory frameworks and attracting investment as banks and tech companies expand AI capabilities in Asia.

Hong Kong-based Lindsay Chu was previously CEO at DBS Asia Capital.

The Hong Kong-based banker will lead financial institution coverage across mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

Endeavor's global venture capital arm's Fund V has deployed $55.7m across 30 companies. A hub in Singapore is supporting its growing Asia pipeline of startups.

Corporate lawyer Shu Du is joining the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to launch the practice.

The Australian data centre operator has abandoned a multibillion-dollar ASX listing. The decision comes as Apac firms continue to accelerate the AI buildout.

Helical Fusion and Celaid Therapeutics have raised JPY3.23bn and JPY400m, respectively, as Japanese capital targets research-intensive startups.

Elke Schoeppl-Jost is set to lead the asset manager's Apac franchise.