Finance In Asia

The Strait of Hormuz was not closed by missiles alone. It was closed by the withdrawal of a piece of...

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

Three oil price scenarios. Five ASEAN markets. Four operational variables. For CFOs and CROs managing multi-country portfolios, the Hormuz closure...

Vietnam's long-awaited FTSE upgrade to Emerging Market status takes effect September 2026, triggering mandatory inflows of up to US$ 6...

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

Southeast Asia's digital economy is projected to reach $560 billion by 2030 and fintech innovation is finally bridging the financing...

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

Institutional investors executed one of the largest portfolio reallocations in decades during 2025. Capital flows into Asia Pacific real estate...

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

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