Asia
- HKEX to allow Bursa Malaysia firms to make secondary listingsby Andrew Tjaardstra on July 23, 2026 at 6:33 am
An agreement will allow firms with a primary listing on Bursa Malaysia’s main market to apply for a secondary listing on HKEX as a Recognised Stock Exchange; it follows agreements with Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand in SEA.
- Societe Generale appoints former JP Morgan banker as TMT Apac headby Andrew Tjaardstra on July 23, 2026 at 1:44 am
Hong Kong-based William Si-Tu will lead the origination and execution of investment banking activities in the region across the technology, media and telecom sector, including AI.
- Serentica Renewables secures $345m loan facility for India decarbonisation pushby Andrew Tjaardstra on July 21, 2026 at 9:14 am
The Indian renewable energy power producer is looking to accelerate industrial decarbonisation, including for Bharat Aluminium, through large-scale solar and wind projects.
- Blackstone invests in Korea’s Futronic and launches Apac infrastructure platformby Ryan Cheng on July 21, 2026 at 5:51 am
The alternative asset manager is backing a South Korean motion-control technology provider at a reported valuation of $676m; Blackstone has also appointed former KKR executive Ami Momaya as its first dedicated infrastructure hire in Asia Pacific.
- Deal Analysis: Lightelligence’s HK$2.5bn IPO on HKEXby Ryan Cheng on July 20, 2026 at 9:09 am
The Shanghai-based photonic computing company's blockbuster debut in H1 underscores investor appetite for AI infrastructure while testing both HKEX's Chapter 18C regime and Hong Kong's IPO revival. Ryan Cheng spoke to senior market participants about the deal.
- Genesis and Vault merge into Australia’s third-largest gold minerby Ryan Cheng on July 17, 2026 at 6:38 am
Following the termination of another deal, the merger creates a dominant Western Australian producer, underscoring how high gold prices are accelerating consolidation across Australia's mining sector.
- Shell offloads India renewables platform Sprng Energy to Aditya Birla in $1.8bn dealby Nishtha Asthana on July 17, 2026 at 5:47 am
Shell’s $1.8bn sale of Sprng Energy to a BlackRock-backed Aditya Birla unit highlights a growing strategic divergence as European majors recycle capital while Asian conglomerates aggressively scale their clean energy portfolios.
- Baillie Gifford sets-up fully native tokenised bond fund in Hong Kongby Nishtha Asthana on July 15, 2026 at 6:57 am
The asset manager's blockchain-native bond fund marks another milestone in Hong Kong's push to build regulated tokenised capital markets.
- SK Hynix shines on Wall Street as Seoul rout highlights AI memory trade tensionsby Ryan Cheng on July 14, 2026 at 9:02 am
The South Korean chipmaker's record $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut was followed by a record sell-off in Seoul after weaker earnings expectations, even as analysts remain constructive on the longer-term AI memory cycle.
- Creating portfolios to capture new opportunities in uncertain timesby FTSE Russell, an LSEG business on July 14, 2026 at 12:00 am
As investors review – and potentially rethink – the strategies and asset classes in their portfolios in today’s complex and challenging landscape, FTSE Russell collaborated with FinanceAsia to host the second annual morning briefing in Hong Kong. The focus was on enticing themes across dividends and REITs, digital assets and gold, and innovation and disruptive technology, to explore the […]