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Deals

Tencent mulls bid for S Korean gaming firm Nexon parent

Myanmar opens up insurance sector for foreign players

Chinese drone maker DJI uncovers corruption, sees $150 million loss

Chinese apartment rental platform Danke Gongyu to buy rival iShangzu for $200m

Private Equity

Malaysia may discuss dropping Goldman’s $7.5b charges for 1MDB case

India to be top focus market for Allianz’ private credit business

Carlyle, Nomura said to jointly bid for Orion Breweries

CVC Capital launches $5b fifth Asia vehicle, files with SEC

Venture Capital

India: SoftBank may pick up over 40% stake in Firstcry for $400m

Redpoint Ventures seeks to raise $400m across two China funds

Lime, Bird said to raise millions in new funding at far lower valuation

Caplin Point arm raises $31m from Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital

Indonesia’s Fore Coffee in talks to raise up to $5m to scale up operations

Asean Digest: NUS to invest $1.1m in 15 deep-tech teams; EaziCar to tap ECF route

India eases process for startups seeking exemption from angel tax notifications

China’s unicorn Luckin Coffee burning millions to overtake Starbucks

Byju’s acquires US-based playful learning system Osmo for $120m

India: DSG Consumer Partners backs personal care startup Arata Zero Chemicals

IPOs & Markets

Malaysia picks lead arrangers for $1.83b samurai bond

China’s top movie ticketing app Maoyan seeks up to $345m in Hong Kong IPO

Australian IT firm AltoStratos seeks to raise $18m in ASX listing

India: Adani Transmission plans to raise up to $422m via QIP

Mobile & Telco

Bharti Airtel to give Tanzania bigger stake in Airtel Tanzania

India’s Airtel in talks to buy Telkom Kenya to take on larger rival Safaricom

Vietnam’s Viettel in talks to buy stakes in Malaysian, Indonesian telcos

Malaysia’s edotco acquires over 300 telecom towers in Cambodia

Real Estate

M&G Real Estate invests $295m in Surbana Jurong’s new global HQ

Warburg-backed ESR REIT says 2019 will be a balanced year for acquisitions

Singapore hotel site attracts bullish bids, Oxley arm offers highest at $415m

Decoding CapitaLand’s $8b purchase of Ascendas-Singbridge

Flipkart parent invests $201m into Indian wholesale unit

Go-Jek acquires stake in Philippines blockchain mobile wallet Coins.ph

Online travel agent Zuji shuts down operations in Singapore, Hong Kong

What India’s new regulations spell for its $18b e-commerce market

Grab inks JV with China’s ZhongAn to build digital insurance marketplace

Amazon seals partnership to kick off e-commerce ops in Vietnam

Q & A

Expect consolidation in Indonesian O2O space, says Kudo CEO Nugroho

Many niche PE funds will emerge in next few years in India: Amit Mehta, IIFL Asset Management

Southeast Asia to witness more acquihiring: Access Ventures’ Charles Rim

Singapore's Centurion to raise $22m more for global student accommodation fund

Indonesia's Kejora Ventures set to raise next early-stage fund

Opinion

With latest e-commerce tax, Indonesia wants to cash in on its unicorns

For Grab, getting consumer finance act right is key to super-app goals

Guest post: Ant Financial puts $40m in Akulaku

Did Indonesia’s KinerjaPay command a steep valuation in its $200m fundraising?

Listing delays, traditional retail format may be driving Temasek to sell Watsons

People

UAE airline starts legal case against Abraaj founder Naqvi

Saudi Arabia said to hire HSBC banker to lead privatisation process

People Digest: SoftBank Ventures Asia hires Lee as CFO; State Street gets APAC head

Surina Shukri named CEO of Malaysia's MDEC

People Digest: MUFG adds MD; Carlyle announces promotions

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