AirAsia's minority structure clouds crash impact

Joining the dots

Reuters

Goodbye tech conglomerates, hello "ecosystems"

Bakries down but not out in $3.6-bn debt rejig

Dirty coal

BAIC Motor IPO offers slow road to China luxury

A case of the Benz

Tesco's best option in Asia is a Thai IPO

Una Galani: Thai padding

Samsung IPO offers ringside seat for restructuring

The big wheel

Indian bank M&A looks hard to copyIndia's latest bank tie-up looks like a one-off. Kotak Mahindra's $2.4-billion takeover of a smaller rival backed by Dutch ING Groep will create the country's fourth largest private sector lender by branches. It's a rare example of consolidation in the industry. India's privately-owned banks are in better shape than their state-backed peers but the dominance of large family shareholders makes such unions unusual.Under the terms of the tie-up, investors in ING Vysya will swap each share for 0.75 new shares in Kotak, creating an institution with a combined market value of $15.8 billion. The swap values each Vysya share at Rs 787, or a modest eight-per cent premium to the market price on November 18, before news of the deal leaked.There are good arguments for creating a bigger pan-Indian institution. Kotak has a strong presence in the north and west of India, while two-thirds of Vysya's network is in the south. India's economic reforms should offer gr

Hard to copy

Iran's reintegration is a prize worth working for

Too good to miss

Business Standard

Qatar SWF displays new prudence in pivot to Asia

Softly she goes

Samsung looks stuck in a dynastic value trap

Not so fast

Hong Kong tycoons can be part of protest solution

Voting for business

Jumbo $6 bn bank IPO shows Saudi too big to miss

Banking on Saudi

Global airline IPOs still need tailwind to flyGlobal airline initial public offerings still need a tailwind to fly. Among those waiting to list are Hong Kong Airlines, Virgin America and Bangkok Airways. Yet, most such sales since 2010 have lost altitude. Hopefuls need something special to buck the industry's trend of value destruction.Only three out of 15 global airline stock listings since the start of 2010 are trading above their offer price as of October 3, according to an analysis by Breakingviews. Low-cost US carrier Spirit Airlines has performed best; Singapore's budget Tiger Airways worst. Returns in the industry worldwide remain 2.2 per cent below the cost of capital, the International Air Transport Association reported in June.There are some signs of a smoother ride ahead. Airlines were the best performing sector in the S&P 500 Index in the past 12 months, according to Eikon. The Centre for Aviation estimates 80 per cent of airlines based in South East Asia were unprofita

Losing altitude

Alibaba IPO highlights SoftBank's value dilemma

Soft-value

Sukuk are newest financial centre status symbol

Sukuk status

Earn baby earn

Asia's top-down corporate reforms vary in promise

All together now

Fear is key to Ebola's economic contagion

Fear spreads

India's e-commerce prize may be spread thinly

No easy Flip

Asian airlines strive for return to mediocrity

As good as it gets

Malaysia Airlines plight points to riskier world

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