Aug 13, 2013 | News, Southeast Asia
The Wall Street Journal Southeast Asia’s booming growth has turned it into a beacon for merger-and-acquisition activity across Asia. Thailand, is shining particularly brightly, as its ambitious tycoons indulge in multibillion-dollar shopping sprees and overseas...
Aug 13, 2013 | East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
Reuters Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co has agreed to pay about $700 million to buy a 15 percent stake Thai Life Insurance Co, underscoring the rising appetite of Japanese companies for deals in the rapidly expanding economies of Southeast. * Deal expected to close by...
Aug 12, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Southeast Asia
The Moscow Times Airport operator Basel Aero, a subsidiary of billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s Basic Element, will begin accepting bids on Sept. 6 to design Krasnodar’s Pashkovsky airport in the first step on its transformation into a major aviation hub. The winner will...
Aug 11, 2013 | News, Southeast Asia
Reuters Northstar Group, a private equity firm owned by Indonesian investor Patrick Walujo, has led a management buyout of Singapore’s biggest property broker, ERA Singapore Pte Ltd, its second major deal in Singapore in less than a year and a sign of growing...
Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
Straits Times A subsidiary of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation (Keppel T&T) has agreed to buy a 60 per cent stake in Foshan Sanshui Port Development Co, a Chinese company engaged in the development and operations of a port in Sanshui District in...
Aug 3, 2013 | East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
Reuters 23 July 2013 Private equity-backed Taiwan cable television operator China Network Systems Co (CNS) is raising a loan of NT$40 billion ($1.34 billion) to restructure its debt ahead of a proposed Singapore IPO, Basis Point reported on Tuesday, citing sources....
