This Asia-Pacific region offers hedge fund managers a multitude of investment opportunities, and also indirectly led an increasing numbers of investors based in Asia-Pacific to invest in hedge funds in search of higher yield and diversification, according to research done by Preqin. Most of the investors in the region hail from the highly developed capital […]

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The author is ANZ Greater China chief economist Li-Gang Liu China will launch certificates of deposit (CDs) that can be traded in the inter-bank market in the near-term, a step to gradually achieve deposit rate liberalisation, said Hu Xiaolian, deputy PBoC governor. She also said that China will create conditions to push forward interest rate […]

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The author is ANZ (The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group) Research China’s State Council approved the policy package of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) today, indicating China’s financial sector reforms and capital account convertibility will accelerate. We would like to highlight a few measures in the package. First, it will encourage RMB’s convertibility, […]

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Alibaba Group has agreed to buy Kanbox, a Chinese cloud storage service provider backed by SIG Asia Investment and DCM. The value of the deal was not disclosed. SIG committed $5 million to Kanbox two years ago in series A financing. A few months later, DCM led a $20 million series B round of investment, […]

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Global private equity firm TPG Capital has exited Chinese leasing company UniTrust Finance & Leasing Corp., which has been sold to Haitong Securities for $715m, according to a company announcement. Previously, there were speculations of UniTrust's sale at a price tag of around $800 million. The final transaction price is lower than estimated, but will […]

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Hong Kong-based same-day hotel booking app HotelQuickly says it has raised $1.16 million in series A funding. Its investors include former Singtel and Singapore Airlines Chairman Boon Hwee Koh and Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings. The company says it will use the proceeds for further expansion within the region and to accelerate product development. […]

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Ankara chooses China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation, rejecting rivals bids from western groups and alarming Nato