The HKEX listed exchange benefitted from surging crypto prices, and is looking at overseas markets and payment expansion.

The Middle East office for the Temasek-owned firm, which has $54bn assets under management, will add to offices in Singapore, India, China and Indonesia; Sadiq Hussain will lead its Middle East operations.

Demographics, economic growth and government initiatives are bolstering demand to provide more investment into India's healthcare infrastructure, as overall PE sentiment in the region improves.

The pharmaceutical firm expects its workforce in Beijing to grow to 1,700 employees and is launching a JV with BioKangtai to help make vaccines; there is also investment into AI.

Citi's Akira Hoshino succeeds Tokiya Kishie, who has left the company.

The money raised from the 3.5% notes, due in 2030, will go towards the data infrastructure firm's green projects such as energy efficiency at its data centres across Apac; DBS, Standard Chartered, HSBC and OCBC helped secure the bond.

Tran will look after ESG issues relevant to both corporate and investment banking. He will relocate from Hong Kong to Singapore in the second half of the year.

Corporate reforms designed to extract shareholder value are at risk of being delayed but not derailed, even as trade tariffs prompt near-term obstacles, market experts told FA.

Analysts are betting that US president Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will strike a deal, which would spur US players to buy Chinese stocks, just as overall sentiment for mainland China and Hong Kong improves.