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The deal exposes the risks associated with the high yield securities and is likely to make bank borrowing through bonds more expensive in the short term.

The deal, announced in March and finalised on October 18, strengthens EQT’s footprint in the region.

The deal will create an entity with $45 billion under management in Asia, but there are obstacles to integrating the businesses, note industry observers.

Former rivals Youku and Tudou become allies through a $1.2 billion merger.

As Maybank and CIMB prepare to fight for RHB Capital, investors ask whether the resulting new banking group will be made of muscle or fat.

Regulators reject National Australia Bank's revised proposal to acquire Axa Asia Pacific, marking the third failed insurance M&A deal in the region year-to-date.

Malaysia's Hong Leong Financial Group and Japan's Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance join forces in a strategic partnership to strengthen their life and general insurance operations.

The $3.17 billion merger between Continental Airlines and United Airlines creates a mega US carrier in Asia with no overlapping routes in the region.

The agreed merger takes bankers and investors by surprise and may leave Hong Kong without a flagship IPO this year.