HONG KONG (Reuters) - Abrdn ( SLFPF ) is in advanced talks with Citic Bank to launch an asset management joint venture in China, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the British firm looks to bolster its presence in the world's second-largest economy. The discussions follow a warming in British-Sino relations and contrast with decisions by several...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen retreated on Friday from a 2-1/2 month high hit after of a jump in Japanese inflation, while the dollar was set for its third weekly drop in a row as traders calculated the start of Donald Trump's second term has been mostly bluster on the tariff front. The yen broke through chart resistance at 150 per...

(Reuters) - U.S. property data group CoStar made a A$2.65 billion ($1.69 billion) approach for Australian No. 2 real estate classifieds company Domain, swooping on a lacklustre performer in a market primed for a resurgence. The deal would be the first Australian foray for CoStar and would reshape dynamics in a market where listing volumes have sagged as high living...

TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Donald Trump sat down to lunch with his Japanese counterpart this month, talk turned quickly to how Tokyo could help realise a decades-old proposal to unlock gas in Alaska and ship it to U.S. allies in Asia. Trump and his energy tsar Doug Burgum framed the venture as a way for Japan to replace Middle...