US president Donald Trump has ordered a 90-day pause on retaliatory tariffs above the 10% already imposed, except for Chinese goods, with tariffs now at 145% after China retaliated; Trump has now put tariff exemptions on smartphones, electronics and computers.

The $400m deal will see global PE firm acquire up to 54% of equity from CVC, and up to a total 77% stake of the Indian cancer care specialist; KKR made several significant investments into Indian healthcare firms last year, as regional PE deals bounceback.

The rationale behind all the winners for the best capital market deals across Asia Pacific.

Retaliatory tariffs, a stronger dollar and several u-turns from the Trump administration are creating an uncertain outlook for 2025 and is pushing up the price of gold; meanwhile, Hong Kong and China are lodging complaints to the WTO.

The Series J funding round by the San Francisco tech firm is being led by US venture capital firm Thrive Capital.

Read on to find out the winners of our Deal Awards – Asia Pacific.

The planned launch of the office in 2025 comes as the Saudi Exchange starts hosting the first ETFs tracking Hong Kong funds.

The rationale behind all the winners in mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan.

James Kemp, head of real estate, Apac, MAM, told FA that in Japan there is an undersupply of modern logistics space and an emergence of new logistics hubs in response to limits to the driving time of truck drivers.

While the Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues to print money and buy bonds, despite the bank's first rate hike since 2007, the Bank of Singapore believes that the country's stock market rally will continue.