Forest City’s pitch is not to displace Singapore, but to offer a lower-cost complementary base across the Causeway.

Malaysia’s Forest City family office push gains traction, but ecosystem gaps remain

Recent cuts at e-commerce platforms such as Shopee is signalling shifting business priorities.
Indonesia and Vietnam have fared very differently this year, with the Jakarta Composite Index slumping nearly 30% and the VN-Index rallying around 5%.
In China, venture capital and private equity investments in the first five months of this year totalled 620 billion yuan, jumping nearly 60% from a year earlier.
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Michelle Bowman, Fed vice-chair for supervision, says the results underscore the strength of the banking system.

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The Straits Times’ Philippines correspondent Mara Cepeda (left) in an interview with Philippines’ Foreign Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro in Manila on Jun 22.
Brexit, as the process of leaving the EU came to be known, is itself now the status quo, but Britain has quietly turned against it.
Hong Kong youth no longer see a stable job and a lifetime of work as the only life goal – instead, they place greater emphasis on freedom and quality of life.

Singapore

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The airport hotel’s divestment builds on the Reit’s existing capital-recycling efforts.
Higher rates generally support profitability by lifting interest income earned on loans and other assets, analysts say.

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Aster deputy CEO Andre Khor, citing the age of the “polycrisis”, says: “It’s very important to be agile, to be focused on execution… We don’t know all the answers but we keep going forward.”
Dell brings more than just the traditional IT hardware for customers, says Andy Sim, vice-president and managing director of Dell Technologies Singapore.
GXBank CEO Kaushik Chowdhury believes the Malaysian digital bank could achieve profitability by June 2027.
Thapanee Techajareonvikul, CEO and president of Berli Jucker, sees Vietnam as an important growth enginee for BJC, which has traditionally been heavily invested in Thailand.
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Forest City’s pitch is not to displace Singapore, but to offer a lower-cost complementary base across the Causeway.

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A third of the world’s busiest ports and airports are vulnerable to disruption from conflicts, environmental risk and domestic security threats, the firm warns.

Thailand, Philippines primed as next supply chain ‘rising stars’

The eligible projects include Sun Group’s developments linked to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Phu Quoc in 2027.

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PM Sanae Takaichi is seeking to channel investment into sectors that can strengthen economic security.

Japan’s Takaichi unveils 370 trillion yen long-term spending plan

Financial incentives for Iran, inspections of its nuclear facilities, control of the strait and Israel’s parallel war in Lebanon have all been disputed.
The PBOC said overnight reverse repos will be conducted through quantity bidding at fixed interest rates, in the same way seven-day counterparts are conducted.