Coronavirus Stalks Southeast Asia's Once-Thriving Unicorns
As countries uneasily lurch between rolling back and reimposing distancing controls, companies that enthusiastically mapped onto Southeast Asia's growing consumer demand are having to cut back to their core.
Southeast Asia At Risk Of Faring Worse In The Next Downturn
Greater exposure to a slowing China and other structural economic shifts has left most Asian markets in a more perilous position than before, according to a report.
SE Asia's Frontier Markets Poised For Private Equity Growth
Fundraising activity in Southeast Asia's frontier markets is increasingly gathering steam with limited partners or LPs betting big on the region, looking to ramp up investments in private equity/venture capital funds.
Hong Kong's Single-Family Offices -- Part II: New Players
Last week, Trusted Insight chronicled Hong Kong’s old-money single-family offices, firms that manage wealth for household names such as Li Ka-Shing and Chow Tai Fook Jewelry. This week, we are looking at a different, yet equally important, group of family offices in Hong Kong: the new players.
September Venture Capital: Corporate VCs Bet Big On Asian Ride-Hailing
The Asian ride-hailing business hailed big venture capital bucks in September. Other notable funding activities of the month include a big flow of venture capital in Asian startups (six out of ten deals), continuing vibrancy in fintech and SaaS and big-dollar deals in unanticipated sectors like wearable tech and hotel chains. Here are the 10 biggest venture capital deals in September:
Real Estate Investments are Riskier in Southeast Asian Emerging Markets
Real estate risks are rising in emerging and frontier markets and those in Southeast Asia are generally riskier, according to a report from property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield on Thu...
Singapore Long-Only Hedge Funds Defy Capital Rut: Southeast Asia
Managers of long-only funds in Singapore that invest mainly in Asian stocks are winning client money, shrugging off difficulties in raising capital faced by smaller hedge funds in the region. Assets ...
Leopard Capital on the Frontier of Frontier Markets in South East Asia
Ken Stevens has been working in market research and investments for 23 years in Southeast Asia. Previously head of research and an investment banker at CLSA Securities in Thailand, he cofounded Leopar...
Asia Hedge-Fund Industry Is on the Upswing
Asia's hedge-fund industry is attracting the most money this year since before the global financial crisis and beating returns in the U.S. and Europe, but it remains small relative to other regions.As...