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    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      Janan Ganesh
      Go to south-east Asia, young one

      Courted by superpowers, the region is where westerners should try their luck

    • Sunday, 14 August, 2022
      US-China relations
      US and China hold separate military drills in south-east Asia

      War games come after Beijing wraps up exercises around Taiwan in show of strength

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Singapore
      Singapore fund scheme lures investors as scrutiny of offshore tax havens grows

      A total of 590 funds have registered as Variable Capital Companies since structure was launched in 2020

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      LexSingapore
      Chicken rice: Singapore’s cooks suffer an unclucky setback Premium content

      City-state should look elsewhere for poultry after Malaysia’s export ban on key ingredient

    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      News in-depthSingapore
      ‘My heart is crying’: Singapore accelerates pace of executions

      City-state’s liberal economy is a magnet for talent but critics say hangings expose regressive policies

    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      Hedge funds
      UG Investment steps outside greater China as risks of Taiwan conflict grow

      $4bn hedge fund’s new base will offer haven against invasion and tap south-east Asia markets

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Food & Beverage
      Asia’s new food frontier: the rise of edible tech

      Lab-grown meat to 3D-printed food: inflation, climate and animal welfare shape future menus

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      InterviewGIC Private Ltd
      Singapore’s GIC braces itself for inflation and warns of hard year ahead

      State fund has increased exposure to real estate as equity markets tumbled

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      Singapore
      Singapore courts local tech giants over ‘national duty’ to relist

      City-state pushes for groups such as Sea and Grab to return home after launching US IPOs

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      Asia-Pacific economy
      South-east Asian currencies weather market storm better than international peers

      Singapore dollar has outperformed the euro, which is down 11% this year

    • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      The sultan, his family and a $15bn dispute over oil in Malaysia

      The heirs to the last ruler of Sulu have seized state-owned energy assets in a lawsuit that dates back to colonial Britain

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Sri Lanka
      Sri Lankan president resigns after fleeing to Singapore

      Gotabaya Rajapaksa forced from power in face of mass protests over country’s economic collapse

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
      Singapore’s Temasek to slow pace of investment after drop in returns

      State-owned fund signals general caution but says worst of China tech regulatory crackdown has passed

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Malaysia
      Petronas subsidiaries seized as lawyers press $15bn claim on Malaysia

      Move by Luxembourg bailiffs escalates drive for compensation by heirs of the sultan of Sulu

    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      Vietnam
      Vietnam lures Hollywood crews but censorship hangs over film sector

      One-party state’s Cinema Law bans ‘reactionary ideas and social evils’

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Asia manufacturing
      South-east Asia manufacturers sweat as US mulls tougher tariff rules

      Amendment could add human and environmental rights to eligibility criteria

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Renewable energy
      Macquarie and Moelis hired to raise $20bn for world’s longest undersea power line

      Solar project will test Australia’s ambitions to become a clean energy exporter

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Philippines
      Marcos Jr takes office with promise to ‘sweat’ on Filipinos’ behalf

      President praises legacy of pro-Beijing predecessor Duterte but points to stronger ties with US

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      News in-depthOil & Gas industry
      Philippines tycoon targets control of nation’s biggest gasfield

      Enrique Razon seeks to buy stake in offshore project from presidential ally Dennis Uy

    • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
      InterviewKhazanah Nasional
      Malaysia’s $30bn wealth fund to stand by carbon-emitting state companies

      Khazanah Nasional will also not divest from businesses that fail to hit female representation targets

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      News in-depthMyanmar
      Myanmar junta in ‘serious struggle to survive’ as insurgency gathers momentum

      Military regime is failing to contain armed resistance movement that is attracting recruits

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      InterviewMalaysia
      Early election could help Malaysia’s Najib avoid jail over 1MDB, warns Anwar

      Former PM’s allies want to bring forward 2023 poll to influence judiciary, says opposition leader

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      InterviewCryptocurrencies
      Singapore regulator vows to be ‘unrelentingly hard’ on crypto

      Stance marks shift in rhetoric from city-state that had courted digital currency companies

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      InterviewPhilippines
      Philippines’ economic tsar brushes aside fears of ‘cronyism’ under Marcos Jr

      Benjamin Diokno says president-elect has picked an apolitical economic team focused on solving problems

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      News in-depthAsia-Pacific economy
      South-east Asia bucks global stagflation trend as tourism and exports climb

      Big regional economies are roaring back after lifting burdensome Covid curbs that strangled growth

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