Private equity healthcare sales boost mergers and acquisitions

Private equity is both coming and going, with the sector accounting for 20 per cent of merger and acquisition activity last financial year, with a particular focus on health stocks. A report from law firm MinterEllison has revealed that private equity (PE ... ( read original story ...)

China's household debt a growing risk to economy

SHANGHAI Single-mother Li Ying helps explain why household ... the 38-year-old nurse from Heilongjiang in northern China is struggling to repay her mortgage and relies on financial support from her wider family to pay for her healthcare. ( read original story ...)

Asian Emerging Market Shares Drop, While Financial Stocks Rally

The Shanghai Composite Index entered a bull market and financial firms in Tokyo and Sydney rallied. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.8 percent to 135.54 as of 4:01 p.m. in Hong Kong, erasing earlier gains of as much as 0.4 percent. The gauge is down 0.9 ... ( read original story ...)