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Atsuhito Mori joins the firm from Orix Bank.

The appointments mark the firm’s first local Japan-based hires.

The Tokyo-headquartered infrastructure debt fundraising team talks to FA about building resilience and incorporating sustainability into its investment strategy.

FinanceAsia's editors are excited to announce the launch of our annual Achievement Awards with some new categories.

After a precipitous drop in early 2019, investor appetite for Asia-focused buyout funds appears to have made a comeback. With more cash in their bags, private equity funds, such as Hillhouse, CITIC Capital and MBK Partners, are gearing up to make big investments in 2020.

The trade war with the US has put Japanese investors off China. Southeast Asia remains top of their list in the hunt for better returns.

Softbank and Naver plan to take messaging app LINE private. This will not only lead to improved R&D spend, it will also unlock value for the majority shareholders.

Blackstone Life Sciences head Nicholas Galakatos talks regulation and the drug R&D process, and explains how investors can avoid mistakes in the pharmaceutical gold rush.

One of the region's most liquid but conservative markets is showing signs of moving down the credit curve again, although borrowers are still advised to adopt a step-by-step approach to issuance.