Asia-Pacific

The region saw a significant resurgence in IPO activity driven by India, South Korea and Japan.

The role is a newly-created position, which will report directly to SGX’s CEO Loh Boon Chye.

The increasing move towards remote working is likely to accelerate this shift.

Global tourist arrivals could decline by up to 80% y-o-y in 2020 and 25 million jobs could be lost in aviation-related sectors.

(Sept 10): The newly minted World Trade Uncertainty (WTU) index has detected a significant rise in global trade uncertainty after remaining at stable low levels for about 20 years.

SINGAPORE (Aug 1): Investors across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific are showing a waning appetite for risk, according to State Street Corporation’s Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for July.

SINGAPORE (July 1): Sydney-based leading international property and infrastructure group, Lendlease has announced a partnership to invest in data centres across the Asia Pacific region.

SINGAPORE (April 3): Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan nosedived over 1Q19 with just 666 deals amounting to US$119.9 billion ($162.3 billion), amid economic headwinds and a still-unresolved trade war between the US and

(Mar 28): JPMorgan Chase & Co. is hiring more engineering, neuroscience and psychology graduates across Asia-Pacific, diversifying away from students with finance backgrounds as it seeks to adapt its workforce to the region’s fast-changing economies.

SINGAPORE (Oct 13): Total assets under management (AUM) of high net worth (HNW) clients under Asia Pacific’s top 20 institutions have hit a high of US$1.53 trillion ($2.1 trillion) up 4.5% from US$1.46 trillion in 2015, and almost on par with the high o