- EQT appoints Hari Gopalakrishnan and Nicholas Macksey co-heads of Private Capital Asiaby Ryan Cheng on May 28, 2026 at 3:36 am
The long-standing executives joined Baring Private Equity Asia, now known as EQT Private Capital Asia, nearly two decades ago, and have helped build the firm's Asia private capital platform.
- Major Chinese investments in US unlikely despite Xi-Trump summit: analystsby Han Shih Toh on May 26, 2026 at 9:40 am
There were several multi-billion dollar deals agreed between the two nations at the Beijing summit, however, while the establishment of boards of trade and investment could help, some are sceptical, with Chinese FDI into the US at historically low levels.
- Jardines buys I-MED Radiology Network for A$3.4bn from Permiraby Andrew Tjaardstra on May 26, 2026 at 6:35 am
Jardines wants to grow the diagnostic imaging and teleradiology firm in its home markets of Australia and New Zealand and to expand internationally.
- China cracks down on brokers for illegal cross-border stock tradingby Ryan Cheng on May 26, 2026 at 6:14 am
Three brokers, including Hong Kong’s largest online brokerage Futu, have been heavily penalised by Chinese regulators, in an effort to clean up market misconduct and to curb illegal outflows.
- Allen & Gledhill hires Kevin Wang as a partner in Shanghaiby Ryan Cheng on May 22, 2026 at 9:17 am
The China-focused corporate lawyer has joined to bolster A&G’s cross-border M&A and private equity capabilities across China and Southeast Asia.
- OpenAI to open Singapore AI lab as Apac investments ramp upby Ryan Cheng on May 22, 2026 at 3:48 am
The ChatGPT maker will commit more than $234m to support the city-state’s national AI strategy, alongside collaborations with Google and Nvidia; in addition, AMD is investing $10bn in Taiwan’s AI infrastructure and AI has boosted Lenovo's revenues.
- Anthony Attia to take reins at ASX in Septemberby Ryan Cheng on May 21, 2026 at 8:14 am
The former Euronext executive will succeed Helen Lofthouse amid ongoing reforms at the Australian Securities Exchange; Darren Yip steps into the role on an interim basis at the end of May.
- Hunter Point Capital opens Hong Kong officeby Ryan Cheng on May 20, 2026 at 3:02 am
The US investment firm’s new office will be led by Peter Rosenbloom, managing director and head of Asia Pacific, as HPC expands its private markets presence in the region.
- IEA warns Southeast Asia’s coal exit hinges on credible transition financeby Nishtha Asthana on May 19, 2026 at 11:00 pm
A new International Energy Agency report, unveiled at GenZero Climate Summit 2026, says transition credits could accelerate Asia’s coal phase-down, but only if backed by stronger policy, power planning and market integrity.
- Standard Chartered to cut 15% of back-office roles by 2030by Andrew Tjaardstra on May 19, 2026 at 10:16 am
The banking group has large back-office centres in India, China, Malaysia and Poland; over 7,800 such roles could be impacted. The bank has also increased its profit targets for 2030 and confirmed group CFO and COO appointments.
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Microsoft Corporation MSFT | $426.99 | |
Apple Inc. AAPL | $312.51 | |
3M Company MMM | $152.85 | |
Etsy, Inc. ETSY | $66.78 | |
SQ | $0.00000000000000 | |
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN | $274.00 | |
Pinterest, Inc. PINS | $20.65 | |
Walt Disney Company (The) DIS | $103.73 | |
Shopify Inc. SHOP | $115.03 |
