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    Kaye Wiggins

    Asia financial correspondent

    Kaye Wiggins is the FT's Asia financial correspondent, based in Hong Kong. She covers banking, private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and M&A across the region.

    Kaye was previously private capital correspondent at the FT in London. She joined the FT in 2019 from Bloomberg News.

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    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      McDonald's Corp
      Carlyle wins big on $1.8bn sale of stake in McDonald’s China business

      Citic Capital to remain majority shareholder in fast-food chain’s local operation

      A McDonald’s outlet in Hong Kong
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Hedge funds
      Big hedge funds pay ‘silly’ money, says founder of Europe’s largest manager

      Paul Marshall of Marshall Wace complains new platforms offer hires ‘the same as Cristiano Ronaldo’

      Paul Marshall at the conference on Wednesday
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Chinese economy
      IMF raises China growth outlook as bankers urged to ‘ride the dragon’

      Beijing officials express optimism but analysts say weak export data shows recovery remains fragile

      Zhang Qingsong, deputy governor at the People’s Bank of China, at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong, on November 7 2023
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Shadow banking
      UBS chair spars with private equity chiefs over risks of ‘shadow’ banking

      Colm Kelleher’s comments countered by Apollo’s Marc Rowan who says asset management industry adds ‘robustness’

      Colm Kelleher speaking at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Inside BusinessHong Kong
      Why the CEOs of Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Citi are gathering in Hong Kong

      Big names in finance arrive in the territory amid continued tensions between China and US

      A reflection of a man is seen on the glass, while a pedestrian footbridge in the background is adorned with Chinese and Hong Kong flags to celebrate National Day in Hong Kong
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      Beijing bans Communist party officials from private equity investing

      Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive targets cadres indirectly taking shares in unlisted companies

      Xi Jinping
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      CVC Capital Partners Ltd
      CVC postpones plans for Amsterdam listing

      European private equity group’s decision comes amid heightened market uncertainty

      CVC offices in London
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC chief says worst is over for China real estate

      Crisis-hit sector had ‘deep’ correction but can now recover, says Noel Quinn

      HSBC logo
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Standard Chartered PLC
      StanChart shares tumble after China exposure hits profits

      UK lender’s third-quarter earnings come in below analysts’ forecasts, partly due to $900mn of China-linked charges

      Standard Chartered bank logo
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      CVC Capital Partners Ltd
      CVC prepares to launch IPO as early as next week

      Buyout group, which was valued €15bn in a private deal in 2021, intends to list in Amsterdam despite weak IPO markets

      CVC logo on a phone and its website
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      HongShan
      Neil Shen plots global expansion for Sequoia’s China spin-off

      Venture capital firm plots future outside China after split with Silicon Valley giant

      Neil Shen speaking into two microphones
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      ExplainerUBS Group AG
      How UBS’s $3.3bn Credit Suisse deal spawned $9bn of legal claims

      Lawsuits are stacking up against the bank, the Swiss regulator and the nation of Switzerland

    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC executive to leave after criticising UK’s stance on China

      Sherard Cowper-Coles said Britain had been ‘weak’ in response to US pressure

      Sherard Cowper-Coles
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Evergrande Real Estate Group
      ‘Crimes’ probe into Evergrande founder adds to pressure over $300bn debt woes

      Company embodies excesses of China’s property boom and its unravelling

      Hui Ka Yan
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Vista Equity Partners LLC
      Singapore’s GIC ditched Vista stake after founder’s tax scandal

      Sovereign wealth fund’s move underlines reputational risks faced by buyout firms

      Robert Smith
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Kyndryl Inc
      IBM’s former IT services group plans to separate its China business

      Kyndryl’s move reflects geopolitical tensions and follows trend of western companies seeking to insulate their Chinese units

      Data centre
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
      A hidden US-China decoupling

      Private equity firms are becoming the arbiters of a competing set of demands from investors whose interests are political

      Bund bull statue and pedestrians in front of Shanghai’s financial district
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Senior Nomura banker barred from leaving mainland China

      Exit ban on Charles Wang Zhonghe will send chill through foreign business circles

      Hong Kong-based banker Charles Wang Zhonghe in Beijing in 2010
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      GGV Capital
      Venture firm GGV Capital to split off China business after US pressure

      Move follows similar decision by rival Sequoia Capital and Biden order to limit American investment in Chinese tech

      Jenny Lee
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Indian business & finance
      Indian growth attracts global investment banks despite low fees

      South Asian powerhouse has become a target for expansion as business dries up in China

      The Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Prudential PLC
      Africa the next ‘growth engine’ for Prudential, says new chief

      FTSE 100 insurer maps out expansion plans after walking away from US and European markets

    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Prudential PLC
      Prudential chief Wadhwani plans to reduce reliance on Hong Kong and China

      FTSE 100 insurer plots expansion in India and Africa after pivot to Asia

      The Prudential logo on a building in Hong Kong
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Why Europe can’t quit Russian energy

      Goldman Sachs bought UK and US companies using Chinese state funds

    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      US banks
      Goldman bought UK and US companies using Chinese state funds

      Deals tapped private equity ‘partnership fund’ that the bank set up with China’s CIC

      Montage of Goldman Sachs logo and UK and US flags
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Inside BusinessUS banks
      China is becoming more trouble than it’s worth for US investment banks

      Selling shares in Chinese companies offshore used to be a money-spinner — but that’s no longer the case

      A high-rise apartment complex in Zhenjiang City
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