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In 2019, the global trading system imposed 55 discriminatory trade policies on companies operating inside it. By 2024, that figure...

ASEAN's central banks are absorbing energy, food and climate shocks arriving simultaneously……and the joint statement their finance ministers issued on...

RM342 billion in approved digital investments. Second-largest developing-economy destination for digital FDI in the world, behind only India. The numbers...

The Philippines is Southeast Asia's largest semiconductor exporter and is pitching US capital on a USD 110 billion expansion roadmap....

ASEAN's renewable energy share fell for a decade while ministers added capacity and raised targets. AI offers a USD 67...

Japan has mobilised USD 10 billion to stabilise Asia’s energy supply chains. For governments and corporates, the real question is...

On 27 January 2026, MSCI gave Indonesia four months to fix its markets or face demotion. Regulators moved fast. A...

On 31 March 2026, Microsoft committed USD 1 billion to Thailand's AI infrastructure. The next morning, Thailand's leading business body...

Brent crude above USD100. The Strait of Hormuz effectively closed. For institutional investors with ASEAN exposure, this is not a...

Malaysia leads Southeast Asia's data centre boom, but a July 2025 power tariff overhaul has reset the cost base for...