Nordic News and Business Promotion in Asia
Sweden’s EQT has reached an agreement to acquire Baring Private Equity Asia, a leading private markets investment firm in Asia with EUR 17.7bn of assets under management. In this company …
Sweden’s EQT joins forces with Baring Private Equity Asia Read More
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund recently decided to exclude the Chinese sportswear company Li Ning Co Ltd due to concerns over human rights violations. Allegations China denies and warns that the …
China criticizes Norges Bank for excluding Chinese Sportswear company Read More
The Swedish private equity firm EQT has appointed three high-caliber business executives with strong impact expertise to its EQT Future’s Mission Board. The Swedish private equity firm said in a …
Singaporean and Norwegian experts to advise Swedish firm EQT’s longer-hold investment fund Read More
Rumors have been circulating for a few weeks but Telenor Group has now officially confirmed that the Norwegian telecom giant has agreed to sell its 51 percent share in Wake …
Telenor confirms sale of share in Wave Money Myanmar to Yoma Strategic Read More
The Norwegian telecom giant Telenor has agreed to sell its 51 percent stake in Myanmar’s mobile financial services provider Wake Money, Nikkei Asia reports. According to people close to the deal, Telenor …
Sources say Telenor is to sell its stake in Myanmar’s Wave Money Read More
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which runs Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), has decided to exclude one of China’s top pharmaceutical companies, Yunnan Baiyao due to endangered animal concerns. …
Norges Bank excludes Chinese Yunnan Baiyao on endangered animal concerns Read More
The Swedish pension fund AP7 has on 8 December updated its black list and added a total of seven new companies including five Chinese coal-fired power companies, the fund recently announced. …
Swedish pension fund blacklist five Chinese companies due to the Paris Agreement Read More
Thailand’s property market is poised for a tech transformation after Lazudi became the kingdom’s first cloud-based property agency with a $2 million investment from Swedish venture capital company PropTech Farm, …
Thailand’s Lazudi raises $2m investment from Swedish venture capital firm PropTech Farm Read More
The Norwegian company Zwipe, a leading biometrics payment company, announced that it had appointed Claus Hansen as Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Mr. Hansen will lead …
Norwegian Zwipe appoints Asia Pacific region Head to strengthen its regional presence Read More
The Norwegian private equity firm Bluefront Equity AS recently announced plans to acquire a “significant stake” in the RAS specialist, AquaBioTech Group through a combination of purchase of shares and …
RAS specialist set to expand into Singapore and Norway Read More