Asia-Pacific

Rethinking coal phase-out in Asia and beyond

To accelerate the retirement of coal, we need a scalable incentive framework that offers equitable participation and fair distribution of costs and benefits

Schonfeld has around 200 employees in the region, with its largest office in Hong Kong.

Schonfeld to start second equity unit focusing on Asia-Pacific

Triwood Asset Management’s operations will be spread across Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and New York

While Chinese exports to the US have fallen sharply since the tariffs, exports to South-east Asia are currently growing at nearly double the pace of the past four years.

Asia’s trade corridors face ‘significant growth’ with Asean among main beneficiaries: Citi

Trade flows from North and East Asia to the Asean and South Asia regions rose by 44% between 2019 and 2024

US President Donald Trump announced increases in global tariffs to 15% from 10% on Saturday, after the US Supreme Court struck down his original slate of import duties.

Singapore’s STI up, Hong Kong stocks surge as Asia rises after Trump’s new tariffs

Trade levies on Asia have ‘likely peaked’, say Morgan Stanley analysts

Trump’s tariff push has strained Washington’s diplomatic relations across Asia.

Asian economies weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves, confusion

Analysts say more responses from the US president are likely after the Supreme Court decision

Vietnam's new rules that govern data aim to safeguard privacy, security and national interests.

Tighter data control: Vietnam’s race to redesign digital services

The new rules will benefit businesses that also view user consent as a way to provide value, say observers

When clashes erupted around the Preah Vihear temple, escalation was contained not by superior firepower but by Asean mediation and recourse to international law.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asia’s future will be won by soft power, not force

Such power often determines how long crises last and how much economic damage they inflict

A digital bridge is rapidly connecting rural communities across Asia's hinterlands. The next half-billion Internet users will mostly come from Asia's villages and small towns in the next few years.

Galloping across the digital bridge: rural Asia’s ‘fire horse’ transformation

The momentum behind the region’s digital bridge is now unmistakable

Attackers often exploit smaller or less-protected companies to gain access to larger systems, but many companies lack the resources or expertise to handle advanced cyberthreats, PM Wong notes.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Security-related spending expected to rise in coming years

In addition to physical attacks, the Republic is also vulnerable to cyberthreats

Projesh Banerjea, managing director and part of the Apac infrastructure team at KKR, says digital infrastructure has singular capital needs, "both in terms of building assets and recycling of assets through buying stabilised assets".

‘No other sector like it’: KKR sees no let-up in AI-driven infrastructure boom after STT GDC deal

Deep pools of private capital are chasing data centres, one of Asia’s most capital-intensive asset classes