The region’s private credit markets are emerging as the next big opportunity for investors who are searching for higher yielding assets, and Singapore start-up, Kilde, is making a unique play for this under-tapped asset class.
Fierce competition between Lazada, Shopee, Tokopedia and Bukalapak is driving up costs and accelerating consolidation. Chinese buyers are staking their turf.
Hong Kong-listed sportswear retailer Pou Sheng plans to go private so it can make the investment and take the risks needed to catch up with China’s ecommerce boom.
Tencent-backed start-up has become China's second biggest online resale platform and is exploiting WeChat's vast community of users. It's now the main rival to Alibaba's Xianyu.