Rakuten Group Inc.shares jumped the most in more than four months on news that Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is in talks to acquire a stake in the e-commerce giant’s securities unit.

Credit Suisse Group AG’s Christopher Chua is leaving the bank to help oversee the Asia mergers and acquisitions business at HSBC Holdings Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Hong Kong-based clothing label maker Trimco Group from buyout firm Affinity Equity Partners, according to people familiar with the matter.

Compass Inc., the real estate brokerage run by Robert Reffkin, pushed back against a report that Vista Equity Partners was exploring a deal to take the company private.

Investment firms that had expressed an interest in helping Elon Musk finance his acquisition of Twitter Inc. abandoned the talks several months ago, around the time that the mercurial billionaire backtracked from the deal, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

One of Thailand’s largest lenders is on an overseas hiring blitz for jobs in technology and digital banking, as it boosts a regional expansion strategy to counter slowing domestic growth.

A Twitter Inc. shareholder suing Elon Musk asked Delaware’s Chancery Court for access to all documents and to allow his attendance at hearings in the company’s separate lawsuit over the billionaire’s former plans to scrap the $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant.