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Mynt's IPO has been mooted since late-2023, and a successful listing could provide some positivity for the local bourse.

GCash parent Mynt moves closer to Philippine IPO with board approval

Mynt is reportedly aiming to raise over US$1 billion with its listing

Najib Razak, who led Malaysia from 2009 to 2018, has already been in jail since 2022 after being convicted in a separate case linked to 1MDB.

1MDB theft made Attila the Hun look like ‘choirboy’, judge says

Judge Sequerah found Najib guilty on all charges in the long-running trial

Vincent Tan, founder of Berjaya Group, has reduced his holdings in multiple companies within the group.

Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan’s sell-downs point to pruning rather than an exit plan

Recent share transfers fuel talk that the Berjaya conglomerate is entering a post-founder era

Global investors’ purchases in Vietnam were part of their broader buying spree in several Asian emerging markets after the US and Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Vietnam stocks see biggest foreign inflows in nearly six years

Despite the latest inflow, foreign investors have sold a net US$2.6 billion worth of Vietnamese equities so far this year

The nation's debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is already at the highest in over two decades and exceeds the internationally accepted 60 per cent threshold.

Oil slide brings little relief to hard-hit Philippine consumers

Energy supplies will need time to restart despite Iran and the US finally striking a peace deal

GCash, owned by mobile payment firm Mynt, is now the Philippines' largest platform for cashless transactions. 

Fintech titans GCash and Maya test IPO goals as Philippine market thins

The profitable rivals backed by Globe Telecom and PLDT are taking different routes to market

As much as 90% of the crude oil supply of South-east Asian economies is imported from the Middle East, with much of it shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

‘Very low chance’ that US-Iran deal reverts energy flows to South-east Asia through Hormuz: Bloomberg Economics

Regional growth in H2 is expected to slow amid high oil prices, US tariffs and fiscal concerns, says economist

Syn Pitarn Group has built a lending business around Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand, offering small loans ranging from 8,000 to 40,000 baht.

Millions-strong Myanmar diaspora fuels Thai market from craft beer to credit

The community spends over 221 billion baht a year, creating a new consumer market for the kingdom  

Demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 12, 2026.

Jakarta deploys thousands of police as students protest Prabowo

Observers say students are not the only ones concerned at the economy or Prabowo’s policies

The average daily trading value of Vietnamese stocks in 2026 so far has reached around US$789 million.

Vietnam’s stock market liquidity dries up after VN-Index’s record run in May

Trading activity in the country’s equities has quietened significantly

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