Chinese expansion drives regional investment into real assets but new Covid variant and Beijing's strong-arm measures cloud future prospects, Morgan Stanley report says

Pandemic-related supply disruptions and falling consumption also hit the region’s export giants Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

  (AF) The US-based private equity group Carlyle has offered $3 billion (Rs.225bn) to acquire Hexaware Technologies from its PE...

ADB and governments plan public-private buyout of coal plants. Plants to be shut over 15 years to allow switch to renewables, new jobs

• Growth estimate for East Asia and Pacific (ex-China) cut to 4% this year; • China likely to grow at...

Thai renewables utility GPSC buys 41.6% stake in Avaada Energy in India State utility boosts its renewable capacity to 2,145...

The Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan, saw $640 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2021,...

South Korea says it has capacity, raw materials and skilled staff at local pharmaceutical companies to immediately produce a large...

Supply chain issues and Covid’s resurgence have tripped up manufacturers across the region with activity even shrinking in Vietnam, Malaysia and India while European rivals are pacing ahead

Bangladesh was for many years dismissed as a ‘basket case’. Born destitute in 1971 after a brutal nine-month liberation war...

Low vaccinations in parts of frontier Asian countries continue to challenge their economies, while these small, risky, and illiquid markets are also exposed to US’s expected “taper tantrum 2” risks

The region is particularly susceptible to coastal inundation, according to new research drawing on land elevation data   (AF) While...