Bloomberg Blackstone-backed real estate investment trust’s successful India trading debut has left global funds including Japan’s NikkoAM-StraitsTrading Asia wanting a piece of the action. Eastspring Investments, North Carolina Fund, and Sentry Global are among names looking to invest in the instrument that bets on India’s rent-yielding real estate, said Shobhit Agarwal, managing director of Anarock Property Consultants Ltd. Blackstone Group ...

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co is making a Hail Mary bid to undo a US law that prohibits federal agencies and contractors from buying or using the Chinese telecom giant’s equipment because of the alleged risk of “cyber exploitation” by China. Lawyers for Huawei were due in federal court to convince a judge that the law is an unconstitutional attempt by ...

Bloomberg Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed to invest in augmented-reality (AR) startup Perfect Corp in its biggest bet so far in Taiwan, people with knowledge of the matter said. Alibaba is leading a new round of funding for Perfect Corp, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Chinese ...