Asia/Pacific

Bank of America Merrill Lynch pulls out of bidding to advise Turkish Aselsan after China deal

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has dropped its offer to advise Turkey's Aselsan on a planned secondary listing. The Turkish defense contractor recently closed a deal with a Chinese firm under US sanctions.


Lukoil in talks with international oil players to sell stake in Venezuelan gas project

Russia's No. 2 oil producer Lukoil is looking to put up for sale its 20% stake in a Russian consortium developing a large oil project in Venezuela. Lukoil is in talks with international players after Rosneft offered a price lower than what Lukoil had asked.

Royal Philips, Funai Electric Co in potential legal tussle over botched acquisition deal

Royal Philips and Funai Electric Co could find themselves in court over the failed deal involving the acquisition of the Lifestyle Entertainment business of the Amsterdam-based firm.

Chevron's USD6.4 billion gas project in China faces another setback

Seven years after petroleum companies Chevron Corp and PetroChina entered into a joint venture agreement, the USD6.4 billion Chuandongbei gas project faces further delay. It is now expected to deliver gas in the second half of next year.


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Vincent Tan, owner of Malaysia's Berjaya Group, is looking to list Cardiff City Football Club on Singapore's Catalist. Tan controls a 51% stake in Cardiff City, which has been recently promoted to the English Premier League.
Finance Minister K.M. Mani said on Thursday the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC) is launching a venture capital fund to back startups in the state of Kerala in India.
China Development Bank Corp. has committed CNY490 million (USD81 million) to clean-energy operator China WindPower Group's solar farm projects in two Chinese provinces. CDB has provided a total of CNY1.23 billion to China WindPower's previous projects.
Beijing Interoceanic Canal Investment Management Co announced the joint venture of billionaire Wang Jing and Ukrainian partner Kievgidroinvest LLC to construct an economic development zone and port on the Crimean peninsula.
Insurance Australia Group Ltd is said to be thinking of making an offer for the insurance arm of Wesfarmers, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
The potential growth of credit-card payment processing services in Japan saw Twitter Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey's Square Inc and SoftBank Corp's venture PayPal Here battling for a sizeable market share in the niche business.
Shares of Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment declined in its first trading day by as much as 3.4% in Sydney to AUD 2 per share from its offer price of AUD 2.05.
Private equity group Southern Capital Partners offered to buy Malaysian tertiary education provider HELP International Corp Bhd for USD111.3 million (MYR359.3 million) and plans to delist the firm should the deal be successful.
Singapore's Temasek Holdings is not like any other sovereign wealth fund. This was according to a Chairman Lim Boon Heng in a conference held in Singapore.
US-based cloud storage firm Box confirmed it closed USD100 million in fresh capital to catalyze its global expansion as it sealed commercial transactions with Japanese firms.