Sumeet Chatterjee
Stories by Sumeet Chatterjee
China hires 10 banks for its $2b dollar-denominated sovereign bond issue
Foreign banks include Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC , and Standard Chartered,
Citigroup considering setting up onshore cash equities biz in China
Citi is looking to boost its share of the business in Asia.
Prudential to sell Vietnam consumer finance unit for up to $150m
Interested buyers include private equity firms and financial services companies.
Chinese medical devices maker to buy US-based Argon for $850m
Argon Medical makes and sells single-use speciality medical devices for procedures.
Carlyle targets first-close of new Asia buyout fund at over $4b
This is part of a planned $5-billion Asia buyout fund, its biggest capital-raising exercise for the region.
Goldman Sachs names new chairman for Asia Pacific
Hitchner will be replacing Mark Schwartz, who retired from the bank at the end of last year
AIA, Zurich submit separate bids for Australian insurers
Australia is an attractive market for foreign insurers such as Zurich and MetLife Inc
Hong Kong: Two dozen bidders in fray for AXA’s wealth management unit
AXA's Hong Kong wealth management unit is expected to be valued at about $500 million.
IFC targets $1b fundraising within a year as part of $5b vehicle
IFC this year raised $1.1 billion from Allianz and Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential.
JPMorgan names Deutsche’s Lan Chen as China investment banking VC
Chen joins JPMorgan from Deutsche Bank, where she had worked since 2011.
