FinanceAsia examines what China’s Belt and Road initiative has actually brought to the world last year.

As the race between Grab and its unicorn rivals hots up, Indonesia’s regulators must make the route to an IPO easier for issuers and rules more transparent for investors if they want to give home-grown talent a boost.

Two out of the country’s four unicorns are preparing to list. The question is how, when and where?

Indonesia takes a view that market conditions may not get better as it jumps into the first available window following the G20 meeting with a new benchmark bond.

To calculate the ride-hailing startup’s valuation, investors will have to offset the cost of its fight with Grab against the hidden value in its payments app and huge capacity to hoover up data.

Real estate platform NWP Retail completes fundraising Korean Teachers’ Credit Union, the CITIC Securities One-Belt-One-Road Fund and Warburg Pincus.

Portfolio managers and buy-side analysts give their verdicts on the region's corporations. India, Indonesia and Singapore see HDFC Bank, Bank Central Asia and DBS lead the way.

WIR is planning to list in Jakarta later this year. The fast-growing Indonesian startup is banking on its ability to create a virtual bridge between big brands and consumers on the populous archipelago.

Indonesia's PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) secures a $1.62 billion loan as Hong Kong's real estate loans ramp up.

Shriram Transport Finance, Indonesia Eximbank and Jasamarga Jalanlayang Cikampek feature in Dealogic's roundup of loans activity in Asia for August 3 to 9.