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foreign direct investment (FDI)
Asean
UOB and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade renew MOU to facilitate trade and investment in Asean
The MOU with UOB remains CCPIT’s only collaboration with a bank in Southeast Asia.
January 31, 2024
Tong's Portfolio
Directing EPF’s investments back to Malaysia: The pros and cons, and the better path
As a matter of public policy, repatriating domestic savings and reinvesting the money locally make perfect sense.
May 20, 2023
Tong's Portfolio
Grow foreign and local investments or be left behind
The Global Portfolio closed 2% lower for the week ended June 22. Total portfolio returns since inception now stand at 24.5%.
June 24, 2022
Tong's Portfolio
Part 4: Still paying the price for capital controls 23 years later
There is no question that Malaysia lost out on foreign capital funding — from both FDI and capital markets.
March 03, 2022
Passion for the Future
Fortune favours the bold
As a hub for global business and trade, Singapore has built up considerable hardware over the last five decades. It now needs to nurture the ‘heartware’ for its next phase of existence.
August 23, 2019
54th National Day
Instead of more FDI, commit more to local companies
SINGAPORE (Aug 12): One of the things my friend Manu Bhaskaran and I have been grappling with for a long time, even when I was working for the government, is how to have a new industrial policy that better supports the development of indigenous companies.
August 08, 2019
Global Economy
Geopolitics in Europe not a concern for investors as foreign direct investment hits record high
SINGAPORE (June 11): In 2017, Europe attracted a record level of foreign direct investment (FDI) with 6,653 projects, according to the 2018 edition of the EY European attractiveness survey.
June 11, 2018
Investing strategies
Thailand, Singapore firms lead the way as Asean gains ground with investors
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.
January 06, 2017