FinanceAsia's editorial team picks five of the biggest stories from the year across M&A, ECM, digital assets and Trump's tariffs.

Alinta Energy is one of Australia’s leading energy retailers and generators. Sembcorp is looking to grow its renewables capacity to 25 GW by 2028.

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

Read on to find out the winners of FAAA's House Awards - Asia Pacific.

Read on to find out the winners of FAAA's Deal and House Awards - Middle East.

Hong Kong-based Anoop Chaudhry will lead the Asia Pacific power, utilities, and infrastructure group at the global bank.

Citi Commercial Bank in India has appointed Kannan as head of digital, technology, communication, business & professional services and industrials; he will join in December and has worked at JP Morgan for over 15 years.

Adam Zhang, managing director of Collabrium Partners, shares his views with FA on how Chinese companies are changing their approach to cross-border M&A, including finding opportunities in Southeast Asia and in technology.

David Wang and Meka Meng have joined from Paul Hastings in Shanghai and Beijing.

David He, who has global experience across M&A, private equity and restructurings, joined from Gunderson Dettmer at the beginning of September.