Robert Kuok

Their caution comes even as Asian economies begin to bounce back, led by China and India, and as the region’s stocks rally.

RHB's CEO Robert Huray will remain the managing director of RHB Investment Bank until his planned departure in February.

After more than 20 years and a career spent helping run the family’s operations across the globe, the grandson of Robert Kuok is determined to make his own mark; opening doors for start-ups.

SINGAPORE (June 25): Malaysia’s new finance minister Lim Guan Eng is appealing to the Singapore government to be more understanding of his country’s tight financial position. Malaysia says it cannot afford the RM110 billion ($37.3 billion) bill for an

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Tycoon Robert Kuok will return to Malaysia this week to attend a government advisory council meeting, several media reported yesterday.

SINGAPORE (May 16): The five-member Council of Eminent Persons, a team of special advisors announced by Malaysia’s prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 12, has hit the ground running.

(May 14): Investors sorted Malaysia’s political haves from the have-nots on the first trading day after a shock election result, dumping shares in firms associated with supporters of ousted prime minister Najib Razak and projects backed by his governmen

(May 13): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad named Lim Guan Eng as finance minister and set up an advisory board that includes a billionaire and a former central bank governor to carry out his economic plan.

SINGAPORE (Nov 30): Back in 2002, as the city-state was emerging from its worst recession since 1964, the government was getting impatient over the economy's disproportionate reliance on multinationals and a handful of globally competitive state-back

SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Kuok Meng Ru didn't spend much time with his billionaire father when he was growing up.