Recapping the top developments across our coverage of Asia this week.

Northstar Group is said to be close to finalising a deal with Ares Management in a potential merger that would absorb one of Southeast Asia’s oldest private equity firms into the $546 billion Wall ...

A sweeping tax reform aimed at digitising Vietnam’s informal retail sector has ended up disrupting mom-and-pop businesses as well as startups supporting their digital transformation, according to ...

SSI Digital Ventures has announced an investment in U2U Network, a Layer 1 blockchain project focused on DePIN, while Japanese corporate VC firm Reazon Capital has announced the soft opening of its ...

Micro Connect, a microfinance platform co-founded by former Hong Kong Exchange CEO Charles Li, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to bring cashflow-based investing, a nascent model, to the ...

Global investment firm Blackstone has acquired South City Mall in Kolkata for Rs 3,250 crore ($380 million), in one of the largest single-asset retail real estate transactions in India. Developed by ...