Knight Bridge Investment Consultants Limited

Brazilian card processor StoneCo Ltd said in a securities filing on Monday that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's payment affiliate Ant Financial has committed to invest $100 million in the company's initial public offering.

Tencent Music Entertainment has reportedly delayed its planned U.S. initial public offering (IPO) until at least November as the owner of China's most popular music apps prefers to wait for global stock markets to stabilize.

Offshore driller Ensco PLC has agreed to buy Rowan Co, in a deal the companies say will help them win business as the offshore oil market starts to grow again.

If you thought Spotify's 180 million monthly active users (MAUs) were impressive, take a look at Tencent Music Entertainment's recent IPO filing with the SEC. The Tencent spinoff boasts 800 million unique MAUs.

Intel and Alibaba recently announced several major partnerships in the AI, IoT (Internet of Things), and cloud markets at the Alibaba Yunqi Conference 2018 in Hangzhou, China.

After spending most of the day trading in the green, U.S. stocks slipped into the red after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would continue to embark on tighter monetary policy.

Knight Bridge Investment looks at the start of the week in Asia and what can be expected out of the US later today.

After 164 sessions without a record close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday closed at a record high of 26,656.98, eclipsing its previous record set on January 26.

The Trump administration will impose tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies and potentially raising prices on goods ranging from handbags to bicycle tires.

It has now been a few days since confirmation of Jack Ma's plans to exit the board of Alibaba next year.