China, however, has the second-highest number of unicorns overall at 177, which is more than twice of India's total of 72.

Malaysia is getting a boost from liquefied natural gas exports while Australia and Indonesia are benefiting from a spike in coal demand. Nobody is winning from surging oil prices.

Once tipped as a global growth pole for LNG adoption, Southeast Asia is now rethinking its energy mix plans as prices double in a month

Pandemic-induced shutdowns and slowing Chinese growth have hurt states across Asia. Activity in Japan was sluggish in Sept and slow in Malaysia, Vietnam. Indonesia and India fared better.

Xi Jinping's plan to ‘build a broad community of shared interests’ across the globe is faltering, according to a study by AidData, paving the way for rival schemes to squeeze Beijing out

BMO Global Asset Management and Aviva are among six financial institutions seeking to win ESG concessions from companies they back

Region’s GDP outlook downgraded by 2pps. Myanmar worst affected, as new strain exacerbates damage done to economy by military coup and protests that followed

Hong Kong and Shanghai markets were down, but Tokyo and Mumbai were both up, with Indian stocks passing the 60,000 mark for the first time

Evergrande crisis adds to weakness in exchange rates as dollar rises to its strongest level in a month

Canberra has warned Beijing that it needs to reopen dialogue between the two countries and resolve their ongoing trade disputes if it’s to be welcomed into the CPTPP

Japanese leaders say trade group would need to assess if China can meet its 'extremely high standards', while China's state media claims the move would put 'overwhelming pressure' on the US to rejoin the trade pact

Asia will transition from lockdowns to living with the pandemic by year-end, and by the end of 2022 will be a growth outperformer, Morgan Stanley says