SIMCo Infrastructure files for Hong Kong listing
October 23, 2025 SIMCo Infrastructrue Private Credit Open-ended Fund Company (OFC) has applied for a public listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)....
Crédit Agricole CIB hires Apac head of ECA and EFS
October 23, 2025 Crédit Agricole CIB has appointed Ivee Tan as head of export credit agency (ECA) & multilateral financing solutions (EFS) for Asia...
Token2049: Regulation, liquidity and financial inclusion for capital markets
As tokenised assets surge, institutions, innovators and regulators, are converging to rewrite how global capital moves, including in Apac, according to a high-level panel...
Jardine Matheson makes Mandarin Oriental take private bid
October 21, 2025 The Mandarin Oriental has agreed to a proposal made by Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine Matheson on the terms of a recommended...
Jardine Matheson in Mandarin Oriental take private bid
The proposal values the group at $4.2bn and will involve delisting from the Singapore Exchange. Alibaba and Ant Group have agreed to buy 13...
Taiwanese stablecoin payment firm OwlTing makes direct listing on Nasdaq
CEO Darren Wang described the process to FA as “difficult” and said that reaching out to more US-based private investors, while expanding globally, is...
Five Bangladeshi banks set to merge after widespread loan defaults
After a deluge of defaults, a new state-owned bank called United Islamic Bank is set to emerge out of the five banks, with the...
KKR and Quadrantis Capital take stakes in Hong Kong’s Peak Re
Prudential Financial is selling its 13% stake in the Hong Kong-headquartered reinsurer, which is majority owned by Chinese conglomerate Fosun. Read More
Interview: Trade finance closer to paperless reality as law, standards and tokenisation converge
Hari Janakiraman, head of industry and innovation, transaction banking at ANZ, discussed legal frameworks, digital standards and tokenisation pilots, including Australia’s Project Acacia, with...