Interview
Private equity's evolution: Money gatherers to business builders
New Mountain Capital CEO Steven Klinsky reveals ways to beat inflation, stagflation
Finance
Business deals
Nintendo heirs intervene in Toyo Construction takeover
Yamauchi family office-backed funds build 21% stake in target of Maeda's bid
Interview
Chinese brokers race for Singapore talent to drive ASEAN growth
Tiger Brokers, Futu Securities eye Thailand, Malaysia amid Beijing's tech crackdown
Environment
Asia quadruples financing for pollution-fighting projects
Singapore, Philippine and other governments help region catch up to Europe
Economy
Asia-Pacific central banks bite the bullet on rate hikes
From Seoul to Singapore, policymakers under pressure to keep up with inflation, Fed
Business Spotlight
Could a Philippines startup become gatekeeper to the metaverse?
Yield Guild Games defies crypto heists and volatility to back nascent blockchain gaming industry
Finance
Turkey holds key rate at 14% even with inflation at 61%
Bank blames rising prices on external factors, as economists see CPI hitting 70%
Finance
Indonesia wealth fund agrees to invest $2.7bn in toll roads
Landmark agreements to pump fresh capital into debt-ridden state builders
Automobiles
Stellantis begins reset of joint venture with China's Dongfeng
State-owned group to take full control of auto finance partnership in $584m deal
Climate Change
Meta, Alphabet and others pour $925m into decarbonization
Five North American tech groups to build similar framework to vaccine development
Economy
Shinichi Uchida, the man behind Japan's unorthodox monetary policy
Career banker to face second transformation of BOJ's interest rate stance
Economy
Malaysia ranks as top Islamic economy for 9th straight year
Global Muslim spending projected to hit $2.8tn in 2025: report
Finance
Ex-Goldman banker found guilty in 1MDB trial
Roger Ng faces up to 30 years in prison for Malaysia wealth fund fraud
Finance
Sri Lanka doubles interest rates to tame inflation as crisis bites
Heavily indebted country has little money left to pay for imports
Commodities
Freeport Indonesia offers $3bn bond to finance smelter projects
Miner's announcement comes as copper price trades near all-time high
Finance
Singapore's DBS explores metaverse in digital push
Bank's CIO says technology will be 'game changer' in finance industry
Myanmar Crisis
Myanmar central bank official shot, unclear whether she survived
Militant group claims it attacked deputy governor appointed by rulers
DealStreetAsia
Bandhan-led group to buy India asset management company for $600m
GIC and others team up for one of the largest such acquisitions in the country
Finance
Fed to begin 'rapid' balance sheet reduction as soon as May: official
Brainard suggests U.S. central bank ready to take 'stronger' action on raising interest rates
Currencies
Yen second only to ruble as worst-performing major currency
Japan's dependence on imported energy and food creates structural weakness