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Singapore state-owned investment firm Temasek has formed of a wholly-owned private credit platform, according to a media release on December 6. The platform’s initial portfolio will amount to around ...

Databricks, a San Francisco-headquartered data and artificial intelligence (AI) company, has completed a substantial portion of a $10 billion Series J funding round. The company is raising $10 billion ...

Japan's Nippon Life has agreed to acquire global life insurance player Resolution Life for around $8.2 billion, according to a company announcement on December 11. In addition the firm has bought the ...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is proposing changes to phase out Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds within the capital framework of banks. APRA said that the proposed changes, ...

HSBC Holdings has decided to change its organisational structure into four businesses as the London-headquartered bank looks to save costs under its new group chief executive officer (CEO) Georges ...

BlackRock is acquiring 100% of HPS Investment Partners for around $12 billion. HPS is a global credit investment manager with approximately $148 billion in client assets. In addition to seven offices ...

A mix of lower interest rates, lower defaults and more issuances bode well for corporates and governments looking to tap Asia’s bond market in 2025. There are hopes for Asia’s bond market next year to ...

Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), which runs a specialty hospitals focused healthcare platform, has received $150 million of backing GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. This follows GIC’s first ...

An exclusive briefing hosted by FinanceAsia and FTSE Russell in Hong Kong provided an opportunity for investors to rethink asset allocation in a higher-for-longer world. Industry specialists from FTSE ...