Recapping the top developments across our coverage of Asia this week.

Northstar Group is said to be close to finalising a deal with Ares Management in a potential merger that would absorb one of Southeast Asia’s oldest private equity firms into the $546 billion Wall ...

Micro Connect, a microfinance platform co-founded by former Hong Kong Exchange CEO Charles Li, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to bring cashflow-based investing, a nascent model, to the ...

A sweeping tax reform aimed at digitising Vietnam’s informal retail sector has ended up disrupting mom-and-pop businesses as well as startups supporting their digital transformation, according to ...

SSI Digital Ventures has announced an investment in U2U Network, a Layer 1 blockchain project focused on DePIN, while Japanese corporate VC firm Reazon Capital has announced the soft opening of its ...

Instapay Technologies, a Malaysian pure digital payment platform, has announced raising $3 million in a Series A2 round anchored by an unnamed group of US family offices. The round was also backed by ...

Pricing expectations in Southeast Asia’s private equity (PE) market have become more aligned, with inflated valuations now less common and a noticeable shift towards buyouts, according to a senior ...

Aqua Bridge Holding, an investment firm linked to Dubai’s royal family, has emerged as the sole party pursuing an acquisition ...

Bryan Lim, Khazanah’s head of impact programme and CEO of Jelawang Capital, is stepping down after 20 years at the sovereign wealth fund. Lim will step down next month for “a short sabbatical”, he ...