Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

(Apr 8): Singapore and other Southeast Asian economies are poised to remain resilient in the face of increasingly dour signs on the global economy, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.

SINGAPORE (Nov 13): Asian nations gave up hopes of completing a 16-nation trade bloc this year, with Chinese and Australian officials now looking to finalise the deal in 2019.

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon revealed Monday that the Asean Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) will launch an API Exchange, or APIX, later this week to enhance financial inclusion across the regio

SINGAPORE (Dec 1): It’s been a good year for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as it celebrated its 50th anniversary in style and enjoyed an upside surprise to economic growth.

SINGAPORE (July 5): Forget mega-cities such as Jakarta, Manila, and Bangkok. Middleweight cities within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are the region’s next big bet for growth, according to a report by performance management company

SINGAPORE (June 8): Southeast Asian giant Indonesia is finally turning things around.

SINGAPORE (March 13): A group representing financial market regulators in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plans to introduce a common standard for so-called “green bonds”.

SINGAPORE (Jan 6): DBS Group Research says companies in Singapore and Thailand are leading the way among the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in the expansion of their regional footprints.

MANILA (Sept 2): Southeast Asian countries and China will establish hotlines and adopt communications protocols to avoid potential naval clashes in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, a Philippines foreign ministry official said on Friday.

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (July 4): The UK vote to leave the EU should be a wake up call for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to make trade agreements more in touch with the needs of working people and not projects of the elites, said Indonesia’s Trad