Thailand’s mutual fund industry registered a 6.5% decrease in net asset value to 5 trillion baht…
Category: EQUITY/M&A
S.E.A’s GRAB, WHICH BEGAN IN MALAYSIA, CONSIDERING IPO IN 2021.
Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is exploring a listing in the United States…
PTT OIL & RETAIL PRICES ITS US$1.8 BILLION (THB54B) IPO
PTT Plc, the country’s largest oil-and-gas company, has priced an initial public offering (IPO) for its…
SIGH OF RELIEF AS ECO-WORLD-UEM SUNRISE M&A CALLED OFF
EcoWorld Development Berhad said today it is no longer pursuing the proposed merger with UEM Sunrise…
PHILIPPINES MOBILE WALLET GCASH RAISES OVER US$175 MILLION
Philippine mobile wallet GCash has raised more than US$175 million in capital from New York-based private…
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS FARE POORLY IN 2020
Capital returns from key Southeast Asian markets were quite poor in 2020. Singapore ended the year…
IMPACT OF GRAB-GOJEK MERGER ON CONSUMERS AND DRIVERS UNLIKELY TO BE HUGE
BY Nitin Pangarkar Concerns over predatory, monopolistic behaviour may be overstated given how the consumer is…
SOUTHEAST ASIAN MARKETS END 2020 WITH INDICES IN THE RED
MALAYSIA Bursa Malaysia ended the year 2020 broadly lower in line with most regional markets, with…
TECH SET TO DRIVE ASIA M&A IN 2021
Coronavirus-spurred growth in the technology sector will help drive M&A activity in the Asia Pacific next…
FINTECH M&A MAY AFFECT COMPETITION AMONG ASEAN BANKS
Recent acquisitions of small banks in Indonesia by technology firms have highlighted the potential for fintech…