South-east Asia

South-east Asia private equity deal value down 43% in 2025: EY

Deal volume drops 12% year on year, with 59 transactions

The global aircraft fleet is expected to double to 49,210 in 2044 from 24,730 in service in 2024.

Asia-Pacific will need 20,000 new aircraft over next two decades: Airbus

Boeing adds that South-east Asia will require about 5,000 new planes by 2044

The session focuses on how South-east Asia’s enterprise leaders are evolving with the AI era.

Has South-east Asia reached its AI inflection point or stalled at pilots?

The event will discuss strategies involving leadership alignment and organisational readiness

Thailand's currency has performed strongly despite soft fundamentals – largely because of its close correlation with gold prices, says Standard Chartered.

Diminishing returns from rate cuts set to test South-east Asia’s growth in 2026

Geopolitical risks and doubts over AI-driven expansion are reducing the economic impact of monetary easing

An outlet mall in Chongqing, which is part of Sasseur Reit's portfolio. The Reit manager is looking at markets that can deliver enhanced long-term, sustainable value for unitholders.

Sasseur Reit rejects Xi’an mall offer from sponsor, targets South-east Asia for growth

Manager notes proposed acquisition will result in material dilution of DPU and NAV per unit, based on reasonable funding costs assumption

Chen Zhi, who has since been extradited to China following his arrest, was accused of growing his multinational conglomerate Prince Holding Group with his top executives into "one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organisations".

Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia

The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data

The Asean+3 region is expected to grow at a pace of 4% this year, slightly below the estimated growth rate of 4.3% in 2025.

Asean+3 growth to ease slightly in 2026 amid external uncertainty: Amro

Key downside risks include more tariffs, a global tech slowdown and financial market volatility

The won turned higher after President Lee Jae Myung’s comments to strengthen as much as 0.5 per cent to 1,468.8 per dollar, after touching earlier in the session its weakest level since Dec 24.

South Korea’s Lee sees won strengthening to 1,400 level in a month or two

[SEOUL] South Korean authorities expect the won to strengthen to around the 1,400 per dollar level in a month or two, although domestic policies alone will not be able to stabilise foreign exchange ma...

Boys play near rubbish, most of which are plastics, in the coastal settlements of Tanjung Uma, Batam, Riau Islands province, Indonesia.

Can China’s incinerator model offer a solution to South-east Asia’s trash problem?

Waste-to-energy companies are exploring new paths and embarking on a “trash hunt” in the region.