Bloomberg A Chinese consortium including Hillhouse Capital is planning to drop its pursuit of a takeover of Yum China Holdings Inc., the $14 billion operator of KFC restaurants in the world’s most populous nation, people with knowledge of the matter said. The investor group, which also included KKR & Co. and China’s sovereign wealth fund, has decided not to continue ...

Bloomberg Singapore, one of the world’s easiest places to do business, is making it simpler for investment managers to register funds locally as the city-state goes after a bigger slice of the $69 trillion global asset-management industry. While many asset managers have offices in Singapore, most of their funds are still registered in offshore jurisdictions. A new corporate structure bill ...

Bloomberg Thailand expects to select a consortium by January to build a 225 billion baht ($6.9 billion) high-speed rail link connecting three international airports, one of the largest transport projects in its history. The agency overseeing the plan, the Eastern Economic Corridor Office, aims to make as much progress on the project as possible ahead of elections due from February ...