Goldie joins the firm from Invesco in London and is chair of the European Fund and Asset Management Association ETF taskforce.

The bank's shares climbed as it beat analysts' expectations despite facing a commercial real estate charge of $700m in Hong Kong. Chairman Brendan Nelson is confident of growth in Asia this year.

SC's operating profit grew 6% last year; Zurich Australia snaps up life insurer ClearView; Citi Vietnam appoints Thai Nguyet Minh as head of markets.

Co-investors in the take-private deal for the healthcare firm include 65 Equity Partners, the Employees Provident Fund and China’s Silk Road Fund.

If the deal is finalised, a combination of the US and UK global asset managers will control almost $2.5 trillion of assets under management; they both have offices across Apac.

Jalal Almarhoon previously worked for BNP Paribas in Saudi Arabia.

Brookfield Asset Management has acquired an office skyscraper in Tokyo from a consortium of Japanese investors for an undisclosed price; the global HQ of Dentsu Group is a tenant.

The Year of the Horse begins on February 17.

Hong Kong-based Peng Yu is a specialist in private equity and M&A transactions.

Banks are abandoning the narrative of energy scarcity as AI drives a huge pivot towards energy abundance and infrastructure dominance, including in Asia.