Analysis
This week, KKR planted its flag in two areas of PE at once—secondaries and sports investing.
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Ant International deepens push into SE Asia’s payment infrastructure stack
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The region’s competitive digital payment market is now defined by infrastructure depth.
Earnings and Results
Piyush Gupta will be appointed as non-executive chairman.
Leadership stability is not an internal issue; it is systemic with consequences for the entire ecosystem.
The Hesai deal is the latest move signaling Grab’s long-term bet on autonomous mobility.
IPOs & Markets
The top IPO was by NTT DC REIT, which raised $824m in its SGX listing in July.
Deals
Uzabase Inc. has completed the acquisition of Singapore-based Sealed Network.
Singapore led SE Asia’s IPO market in 2025 with nine deals raising about $1.6b
The investment represents the fund’s second deployment and its first in Southeast Asia.
Venture Capital
Tanglin had originally targeted to raise $250m for the vehicle.
