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Exclusive: CVC Capital Partners is said to seek up to $5b for fifth Asia fund - DealStreetAsia
GREATER CHINA
Shrinking Valuations Cast Shadow Over Smaller Chinese Bank IPOs - Bloomberg News
Regulators Step Up Supervision as Bond Default Risks Rise - Caixin
Taiwan Cooperative profit surges on robust lending - Taipei Times
JAPAN AND KOREA
MUFG to trial own cryptocurrency next year - Verdict
Japan Post Bank to increase PE investments to over $18b by 2021 - DealStreetAsia
Korea struggling to nurture investment banks - The Korea Times
ASEAN
BSP prods rural banks to expand, lend more - The Philippine Star
BPI microfinance unit targets P2 billion loan book - The Philippine Star
Grab partners Maybank for mobile wallet launch - The Sun Daily
Indonesia central bank steps up FX swap auctions to support liquidity - Reuters
SOUTH ASIA
Warburg Pincus leads race to buy 26% stake in insurer IndiaFirst - Mint
PNB eyes capital infusion from govt, non-core asset sale for turnaround - Business Standard
Services to be impacted on May 30-31 if bank unions go on strike, says SBI - Press Trust of India
Foreign investments in Indian start-ups doubled to $16,728 million in 2017 - The Hindu Business Line
Fino Payments Bank to focus on expansion, aims customer base of 3 million by March 2019 - Mint
Dhanlaxmi Bank board suggests names for CEO post, RBI yet to respond - The Economic Times
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
UDC Finance float under a cloud - The Australian
Chubb bolsters SME offering - Insurance Business
Westpac made blind pensioner a guarantor without risk advice, inquiry hears - Reuters
QBE Australia launches AU$100 million 'global-first initiative' - Insurance Business
Zurich Australia in alliance with Miramar Underwriting Agency - Insurance Business
The Daily Dose Asia-Pacific "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major Asian and Australian publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.
