Sumeet Chatterjee

ChemChina, Sinochem press $120b deal to create global behemoth

This comes after ChemChina completes $43b purchase of Swiss Syngenta

UBS breaks ranks with push for mid-tier Asian millionaires

UBS is the largest private bank in Asia, followed by Citigroup and Credit Suisse.

HSBC wins mandate for Saudi Aramco’s $100b IPO

It is expected to be the world's largest ever IPO

Global investment banks beef up transaction business in Asia, boost headcount

In 2016, many foreign banks had cut down investment banking headcount in Asia.

Thailand: Siam Commercial in exclusive talks with FWD to sell insurance arm for $3b

A successful deal would rank as the largest insurance M&A transaction in SEA.

Intra-Asia M&A softens the blow of pullback in Q1 dealmaking

Nine of the top 10 APAC deals in Q1 were intra-regional.

RBC reviews Asia wealth business for possible sale

India: Banks eye $40m fee pot for Vodafone-Idea merger

Vodafone is in talks to merge its Indian subsidiary with Idea Cellular.

China’s Sinochem in early talks to buy stake in Noble Group

Noble already has backing of sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp.

Citigroup gets bond settlement agent licence in China

Citigroup is the first US-based bank to be granted the Type A licence.