Manuel Baigorri

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.’s biggest shareholder is considering abandoning a nearly $12 billion buyout offer for the Hong Kong-listed company, according to people familiar with the matter.

Warburg Pincus is nearing a deal to buy Japanese housing firm JSB Co., according to people familiar with the matter.

Warburg Pincus is launching a ¥190 billion ($1.2 billion) tender offer for Japanese student housing and services firm JSB Co., in what would be its first take-private investment in the country.

Allianz SE has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire HSBC Holdings Plc’s Singapore insurance unit, according to people familiar with the matter.

Im Rennen um das Versicherungsgeschäft von HSBC in Singapur liegt dem Vernehmen nach die Allianz vorn. Der Münchener Versicherer gilt laut mit der Angelegenheit vertrauten Personen als aussichtsreichster Käufer von HSBC Life Singapore, nachdem er konkurrierende Branchenanbieter mit seinem Angebot ausgestochen hat.

Australia has long been coveted by investment bankers in the Asia Pacific as a market where big mergers and acquisitions transactions take place, and therefore also where advisers make more money on fees.

Talks are ongoing and no final decisions have been made, sources said, adding that other bidders remain interested in the assets.

Friday brings the Dragon Boat Festival, which sees thousands of people descend on Stanley in Hong Kong for a day of racing.

The Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. are among possible bidders for Stack Infrastructure Inc.’s data centers in the Asia-Pacific region, according to people familiar with the matter.

DigitalBridge Group Inc. is considering options for Malaysia’s AIMS Data Centre Holding Sdn., including raising funds, bringing in new investors or an outright sale, according to people with knowledge of the matter.