Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE (June 15): The overall value of private equity (PE) deals in Southeast Asia rose by 42% to reach US$7.8 billion ($10.7 billion), driven largely by the technology sector where the region’s two ride-hailing apps, Go-Jek and GrabTaxi, raised a to

SINGAPORE (June 15): Google Inc. has launched its first Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Singapore's internet space – marking the Alphabet-owned tech giant’s first centre in Southeast Asia as well as its third region in Asia.

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

(May 31): Dominated by Japanese investment since the 1980s, Southeast Asia has found a new source of funds in China.

HANOI (May 30): Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has a tough task when he visits the White House this week: Convince President Donald Trump to advance trade ties that blossomed under the Obama administration.

MANILA (May 19): Melco Crown Philippines Resorts Corp. is the best-performing casino stock in the world this year. To punters playing baccarat at the company’s City of Dreams venue in Manila, that’s no surprise.

SINGAPORE (April 10): Southeast Asian corporates are warming up to divestments as close to a quarter (24%) of those surveyed plan to divest within the next two years, up from 15% in 2014, says the EY Global Corporate Divestment Study 2017.

SINGAPORE (March 30): Lazada Group is teaming up with multinational consumer goods giant Unilever in their first e-commerce cross-functional alliance, just days after launching a dedicated online store to bring products from China’s e-commerce platform

SINGAPORE (March 2): After more than a year of disinflation, price pressures are quickly mounting across Southeast Asia as fuel costs rise, putting central banks on watch after years of policy easing.

(Feb 2): Governments in Southeast Asia are ramping up spending just as central banks are putting away their policy-easing tools.