Opinion & Features

South-east Asia’s responsible AI ambition hinges on talent readiness

Ensuring sustainable innovation will depend less on how advanced our systems become and more on how well we prepare our people to guide them

Wee Teng Wen, founder and managing partner of the Lo & Behold Group, says 2025 was a "coming of age" for him and the company.

Five Singapore business leaders look back on 2025

Key figures in industries from finance and F&B to live music and art reflect on the challenging year they faced

BYD sells the Dolphin Surf for less than 23,000 euros (S$34,830) in Europe.

Europe’s naivety about the China export shock is tragic

Abandoning the 2035 combustion engine ban will not secure the European car industry’s future

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (right) has lobbied US President Donald Trump to reverse export restrictions on AI chips to China.

Nvidia and the Trump administration: Commerce, competition and controversy

How the tech giant’s deal with the government could shift US industrial policy and constitutional limits

Succession planning is not just business; it’s looking out for family. It reduces tension among family and partners in a time of uncertainty and grief.
COMMENTARY

When SME owners delay succession planning, their business and family pay the price

In the wake of an SME owner’s death, cashflow risks and legal uncertainty can threaten business viability

Stablecoins utilise automated liquidity pools to enable direct exchange between local currencies at a fraction of today’s cost.

From crypto to commerce: Navigating stablecoins in Asia

A calibrated strategy is needed to harness their efficiency while safeguarding monetary sovereignty

Jakarta is scrambling to rein in lower-grade nickel output by blocking new smelters producing nickel pig iron and ferronickel, in favour of higher-value processing.
THINKING ALOUD

Could Jakarta’s moving goalposts corrode investor faith in nickel?

The Indonesian government’s big push for downstreaming is delivering results, but it comes with trade-offs

As at end-2024, 68% of Sembcorp’s total energy portfolio came from installed, secured or under-construction renewable capacity.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Sembcorp’s purchase of Alinta has green risks

Post-acquisition, the Australian utility may present significant capital expenditures or a slower-than-expected green transition

China is in the middle of a wellness boom that is influencing the way people dress, offering a rare bright spot in an otherwise struggling retail sector.

China is now an outdoors nation

With Beijing aiming to expand its sports economy to seven trillion yuan by 2030, the wellness boom could stretch into the new year