Deals

After US bankruptcy, Toys ‘R’ Us mulls options for $2b Asia unit

India: Financial marketplace BankBazaar raises $30m from Experian

HK-based Affinity buys Burger King Japan from South Korea’s Lotte

China Digest: TPG Growth leads Series C in Vision Credit; Axis Capital backs Pick-Up; GLP China’s $152m bond

Private Equity

Lighthouse Advisors India invests $12m in V2 Retail

Chinese consortium completes $605m buyout of Nasdaq-listed SciClone Pharma

EMIA scouts for strategic partners for co-investments, hits final close of $64m CLMDF II

India: Online insurance platform RenewBuy raises $9m from Amicus Capital

Venture Capital

China Digest: PPDai taps US market for IPO; Momenta raising series B2

SoftBank in talks to raise second, possibly larger than $100b, fund

India: Ready-to-cook food brand Fingerlix raises $7m in Series B round

SGX-backed unit to pick 10% in capital raising platform CapBridge

Singapore Digest: REAPRA’s new venture to focus on aviation; Marvelstone to build AI hub

Unkapt Capital enters SE Asia to connect SMEs with private debt investors

OurCrowd partners Cardumen Capital to expand deep tech thesis

US software firm Qualtrics eyes M&As to drive Asian expansion

Japan’s data management tech firm Skydisc raises $6.5m

Indonesia: Alpha JWC-backed Kredivo confirms Series A funding from Jungle Ventures, NSI


IPOs & Markets

Hong Kong IPOs head for worst year since 2012 as megadeals slip

US exchanges set to record highest number of Asian IPOs since 2010

Vietnam’s Vinamilk to sell 3.3% stake on Nov 10, launches offshore roadshows

Victoria’s Secret owner to invest in garment supplier Crystal’s $574m HK IPO

Mobile & Telco

T-Mobile, Sprint plan to announce merger without asset divestitures

Idea shareholders give nod for merging mobile biz with Vodafone India

India: Consolidation wave continues in telecom, Bharti to take over Tata’s consumer mobile biz

Billionaire Birla may tap markets as India’s telecom wars worsen

Real Estate

Li Ka-Shing’s Hong Kong tower sells for record $5.15b – report

Singapore’s GIC backs Irish developer Glenveagh Properties

Allianz partners Shapoorji Pallonji to launch $500m real estate fund for India

Wheelock sells HK building to China’s LVGEM for record $1.2b

Amazon starts to gain foothold in India’s huge offline retail market

Rocket Internet-backed HelloFresh set to overtake rival Blue Apron in US

China’s shoppers turn Jack Ma’s Ant Financial into a debt giant

Battle for Saudi e-commerce market begins with launch of Noon

India: Flipkart in talks to buy stake in BookMyShow

Uber begins legal challenge to retain London licence

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Impact Investment
India: NBFC Varthana raises $3m for school financing programme
Asia Digest: ADB debt for RE projects; IIX, PTI Australia in impact investing pact
TPG secures record $2b for Rise impact investing fund co-led by Bono
India: NBFC Shiksha Finance raises funds from Dell Foundation

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