02/14/2022
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02/10/2022
Thailand's 2021 Investment Pledges Up 59% to US$19.5 Billion on FDI and BCG Boost, BOI Says
"As for FDI, we are seeing constant growth in foreign investments in target sectors such as smart electronics, specialty chemicals, bioplastics and the medical cluster."
02/08/2022
Singapore central bank-led group issues white papers for responsible AI use
MAS says the group has developed an open-source software toolkit to accelerate adoption of the FEAT methodologies and principles.
02/07/2022
The Rise of Digital Assets: Navigating Growing Regulation, Compliance and Fraud
At the same time, the UK regulator continued to expand its public list of unregistered players to caution investors against risk. A&M's Disputes and Investigations Asia team, together with representatives of BC Group (0863.HK) and boutique consul
02/07/2022
ACI Worldwide's Leslie Choo: «Asia Leads Real-Time Payments Growth»
«Asia is not a united entity like Europe that benefits from a standardised currency and a common legal structure. Hence there are challenges with fragmentation and differentiation,»
02/04/2022
Central Bankers - Tigers Still With No Teeth
The markets saw the Fed meeting as hawkish, but what did investors expect?
02/03/2022
Middle Eastern countries look to China for infrastructure funding, new technology
Countries in the Middle East, especially Iraq, are a new focus of investment under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a report out of Fudan University said today.
02/03/2022
Japanese megabanks cautious about outlook beyond strong FY'22 profits
Full-year earnings at the three banks "should beat their estimates," said Toyoki Sameshima, a senior analyst at SBI Securities Co.
02/03/2022
Outlook for Africa and India 2022
The figures, however, hide some stark divergences amongst the countries on the continent.
02/02/2022
Low Decibel, High Action
Overall, the budget, despite being devoid of several big bang announcements, firmly focuses on aiding economic growth.
02/01/2022
Risk, compliance salaries soar: Data
Another trend observed by Kaizen is the number of organisations broadening their search when it comes to recruiting for the risk and compliance function.
02/01/2022
China’s Olympic push in Year of the Tiger
Amid threats from Omicron, festivities will be more muted
01/31/2022
This Lunar New Year, learn more about Asia's growing role in the global economy
Asian consumers are expected to account for half of global consumption growth in the next decade
01/31/2022
Why investment company Temasek is building its own start-ups
In an increasingly digital world, investment company Temasek is taking a hands-on approach to scale its own AI and blockchain capabilities and tech-enabled ventures
01/31/2022
The Millennial Mood Index 2021
The pandemic, combined with the 'work from home' culture, has also raised health awareness Indian millennials.
01/31/2022
Burgeoning EV market will create more opportunities for investors: Private banks
They also noted that Asia, especially China, will continue to drive this shift in 2022 as it forges ahead in reducing carbon emissions and rolling out green technology.
01/31/2022
Indonesia’s shariah mutual funds seen to fare better after tough 2021
The declines were largely due to a drop in assets of protected shariah mutual funds and shariah money market funds after the Haj Financing Management Board pulled out in early 2021 to focus on state bonds and sukuk or Islamic debt.
01/31/2022
Financial Regualtion Update
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01/28/2022
The rich are seen to invest US$8.4 trillion in private market funds by 2026
The other key factors it cites are the availability of innovative products and investment vehicles, and “demand from private wealth investors to access strong risk-adjusted return, uncorrelated to the public markets”.
01/27/2022
CIMB wins 11 awards
CIMB was also recognised for its commitment on the ESG front, clinching the Best ASEAN Green SRI Sukuk and Best SRI Sukuk awards for SME Bank’s maiden issuance of RM500 million Sustainability Islamic MTN, where CIMB acted as lead manager.