Bloomberg Business

A new Hong Kong-based fund plans to raise $100 million this year to invest in digital asset startups, as the city seeks to become a regional fintech hub.

CVC Capital Partners and I Squared Capital are among bidders shortlisted for a stake in Edotco Group Sdn., the wireless tower business of Malaysian telecommunications group Axiata Group Bhd., according to people familiar with the matter.

China should strive to eliminate emissions by the 2030s, more than two decades ahead of schedule, Australian metals billionaire-turned-green hydrogen disciple Andrew Forrest said in a speech at the Boao Forum for Asia.

A third round of wage talks for 2.5 million German public-sector workers ended without agreement overnight and will go to independent arbitration, raising the prospect of more transport disruption in Europe’s biggest economy.

Green metals are becoming a major focus for the bosses of the world’s top miners after visits to their biggest customers in China.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said that the security of the world hinges on the self-ruled island’s fate, her first remarks on a US trip that may further escalate tensions in the already fraught relationship between Washington and Beijing.

A stirring in the bond market brought on by the Bank of Japan is starting to create jobs in one corner of the market that has long been suffering: voice brokers handling interbank trading.

Ugandan legislation that sets harsher penalties for violating laws outlawing homosexuality opens companies and workers in the East African nation to the risk of blackmail.

After years of wrangling, the world’s most important oil price is about to be transformed for good, allowing crude supplies from west Texas to help determine the price of millions of barrels a day of petroleum transactions.

With Switzerland’s banking crisis barely subsided, the country’s central bank will soon need to find a successor to one of the key players behind the scenes.