Southeast Asia

The Philippines' US$40 billion BPO sector posted record growth in 2025. But 83% of revenue sits in contact centres, exactly...

Thailand approved three digital banking licenses in June 2025, targeting the nation's substantial underbanked population. We examine how these digital-only...

Singapore now hosts over 2,000 family offices managing S$120 billion in assets. But where is this capital actually flowing? We...

Indonesia's equity market gained 22% in 2025 and broke through the 9,000 barrier in early January 2026, outpacing regional peers...

The Philippines targets $800 billion GDP by 2030 and trillion-dollar status by 2033. Whilst policymakers fixate on electricity constraints, water...

When Singapore's Coordinating Minister for National Security stood before parliament in July 2025 to announce that cyber espionage group UNC3886...

Pickup trucks drive Thailand's economy, hauling goods across provinces, powering agriculture, fuelling logistics. Yet the infrastructure to electrify them barely...

Malaysia's banks deploy AI at breakneck speed for risk management, but could struggle to explain algorithm-driven loan rejections. This explainability...

What happens when a single pipeline carrying 20% of Luzon's electricity runs dry? Investors are about to find out -...

Indonesia's $900 billion Danantara fund faced a rocky launch: markets dropped, investors pulled back, governance questions emerged. Six months later,...