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Japanese trading house Marubeni and private equity fund Advantage Partners have won the right to restructure the troubled Japanese retailer Daiei.

Laura Cha, the former number two at the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission, and now rumoured to be in the running for a ministerial post in the Hong Kong government, is ready for her next challenge. After more than three years pushing for better standards in China's stockmarkets and listed companies she looks back at her successes and frustrations as a corporate watchdog. By Joanne Gray.

The war between SK Corp, one of Korea's largest and most powerful chaebols, and its largest minority shareholder, the Dubai-based asset management firm Sovereign, will continue even after the chaebol's annual general meeting this month, which will vote on whether criminally convicted chairman Chey Tae-won should step down. Asiamoney spoke to the protagonists—SK Corp's CFO, Sang Hoon Choi, in his first ever media interview, and Sovereign's CEO, James Fitter—about their strategies in Asia's most bitter corporate governance battle. Keri Geiger reports.

Banks in India are finding that progress can hurt. New technology has brought real-time settlement, potentially obliterating revenues earned via the country's US$1.8 trillion payments-and-collections market. Yassir A. Pitalwalla looks at how domestic and international banks are finding an edge, and keeping their customers happy.

Jusuf Anwar, Indonesia's finance minister, only entered the post in October 2004, but already he has had to confront the tragic consequences of the December 26 tsunami and cut fuel price subsidies. He is now starting to tackle tax reform. Asiamoney catches up with him and asks him about his challenging role. By Keri Geiger.

Everyone loves a good corporate battle, especially between two fundamentally different opponents. This month, Asiamoney stands in the middle of one such battle as it examines the struggle between Sovereign Asset Management and SK Corp. Riddled with family legacy issues, financial scandals, arrests and jail terms the fight has been on going for two years but it is far from over. In fact, over the last couple of months it has escalated further. It's a story about corporate governance and whether or not it really matters. After all, if investors are making money, do they really care? Sovereign says it does, which is why it is so determined to remove SK Corp's chairman from power.

With four convertible bond issues re-priced or re-offered since December, is the Asian equity-linked party over? Probably not, but issuers and arrangers are slowly conceding that the mood among investors is notably less intoxicated. Mark B. Johnson reports.

Asia's hedge fund industry is growing with more start up funds entering the fray. It's a trend that independent Asian hedge fund broker KE Absolute is looking to exploit as it attempts to sell the new funds money-spinning ideas. By Chris Leahy.

Companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen have seen their value slump, but foreign investment banks are keen to buy more shares and want Beijing to loosen up the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors scheme. By Joanne Gray

Rankings of G3 International bonds, domestic currency debt and by-country equity capital markets and M&A

As Taiwan's securitization industry rapidly becomes one of the most diverse in Asia, innovations continue to emerge, and regulations are being fine-tuned. But given the liquidity in the bank sector and the competitiveness of bank debt, questions still remain about future issuer interest in securitization as a funding option. Dominic Jones reports

Pakistan's first women's chamber of commerce is carving out a new path for female entrepreneurs to launch businesses.