Shares of Indonesia’s PT Bukalapak.com jumped by 25% on its trading debut with investors scrambling to get a piece of the action in the country’s first listed tech unicorn. PT Bukalapak.com, which counts Singapore sovereign fund GIC Pte Ltd and… Read More ›
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Freezing public listed company assets of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai a wake-up call to global investors: Taiwan
On Saturday, in a statement aimed at international investors, Taiwan warned of the very real dangers of doing business in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong after the city state decided to freeze the media assets of Chinese tycoon Jimmy Lai, who has… Read More ›
Chinese state funds invests in China’s BGI Genomics Co, capitalizes on COVID-19 pandemic
In a development that marks China capitalizing on the coronavirus-driven COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has made an investment in BGI Genomics Co, a Chinese listed company that supplies millions of COVID-19 tests globally. BGI is seeking to fund exponential… Read More ›