Shuli Ren
Stories by Shuli Ren
China’s $856b startup juggernaut causes headache
The basic problem is that too much capital is chasing after too few startups, something even China's State Council is starting to realize.
Spotting rainmaker companies isn’t easy and Chinese regulators seem to be exhausted
China is in another listing drought, two years after the IPO floodgates were reopened. So far this year, just 80 companies got the nod.
Why Grab may find the going tough in Indonesia
Unlike Go-Jek, the Singapore company doesn’t have a coveted e-money license issued by the central bank. Grab now partners with OVO, Indonesian congl
Hong Kong IPO roulette has global asset managers in a spin
Hong Kong’s IPO window is closing fast, as evidenced by dwindling liquidity and the narrowing investor base. HK's most recent tech IPOs have langui
Chinese tech giants hunt for elusive profitability in Indonesia’s e-commerce market
The only viable way for the Chinese to make money in Indonesia is perhaps through industry consolidation. After all, Indonesia has already seen some h
China’s unicorns are charging into an IPO predicament
Seeing the VC world running dry, China’s unicorns are scrambling to find sugar daddies in the public markets.
Unicorns are China’s innovative cavalry in trade war
The U.S. pipeline of Chinese IPOs has been light since President Donald Trump started making noises about tariffs in early March. The only billion-d
Masa Son is on a spring cleaning mission but what about Yahoo Japan?
SoftBank is looking to IPO its domestic telecom unit and is offering to pay bondholders who agree to a covenant change that would make it easier to l
Japan’s GPIF, world’s largest pension fund, needs to bolster its risk appetite
To keep a little powder dry for riskier investments, GPIF has been putting some government bond redemption proceeds into deposits.
