Ryan Li

The issuance from the Hong Kong conglomerate, formerly known as NWS Holdings, was to finance the redemption of its outstanding offshore capital securities by its subsidiary.

Standard Chartered is providing full FX services with more services expected in Q4; FA understands that FalconX will partner with more banks soon.

$400m has been allocated to support Digital Halo, which has assets in the Philippines and Malaysia; the Swiss PE firm is also expanding its data centre footprint in Australia.

China and the US will start high level trade talks on May 9 in Switzerland.

Japan's economy set to be hit amid some wild currency moves across the region, including from the Taiwan dollar.

The hire of Alun Evans from A&O Shearman will strengthen advising capabilities targeting private funds’ local market transactions.

While banks should remain conservative, a balance with innovation can be reached, according to Deutsche Bank’s Boon Hiong Chan.

Transaction is priced at $25.6 per share equivalent for 10,818,510 shares of Kakao that SK Telecom holds.

Starting May 6 in Hong Kong, Casati will help build additional banking capabilities including advisory, financing and risk management.

Staking activities using two funds will be made available on April 25 and May 15, respectively.