A review of 32 banks throughout East and Southeast Asia showed none had made any clear commitments or adequate implementation plans to meet goals of the Paris climate agreement

Research revealed a doubling of gross tropical forest carbon loss worldwide from 0.97 gigatonnes of carbon per year in 2001–2005 to 1.99  gigatonnes in 2015–2019 due to rapid forest loss

Asian brands have largely opted to either cautiously remain in Russia or keep quiet about their plans

Asia's share of new infections, excluding China, has grown to 48% of the global total, up from 21% during the January omicron peak

The votes are increasingly stacking up against the former cricketing star, whose governing coalition has a thin majority in parliament

The digital push will enable HSBC to engage with sports, e-sports and gaming fans via its slice of turf in The Sandbox, a virtual space majority-owned by Animoca Brands

They noted at the Asia Pacific Maritime conference in Singapore that the war is affecting a growing number of seafarers from Russia and Ukraine

But geopolitical events as well as some regional countries' unclear pandemic strategy have coloured that optimism with a cloudy veneer

China tech stocks surged for a second day after the government vowed to ease a regulatory crackdown and on optimism over a Ukraine ceasefire.

Overseas investors purchased a combined net total of $6.01 billion in South Korean, Thai, Indian, Indonesian, and Malaysian bonds last month

Separately, France's BNP Paribas Asset Management and Indian lender Bank of Baroda’s fund unit have completed their merger

Valuations of marquee portfolio firms have tumbled, with Alibaba and Didi Global dropping 35% and 64% respectively year-to-date, hit by a wave of factors