Five business groups are competing for new virtual bank licences in Thailand. The Gulf consortium, consisting of Krungthai Bank, Gulf...

Nearly 40% of Singaporean companies reported minimal impact from the recent carbon tax hike, according to a survey by the Sustainable...

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) to collaborate closely with...

HSBC Holdings emerged as the world’s largest dividend payer in the second quarter, distributing USD11.7bn, driven by a USD4bn special...

Cathay Financial Holding Co raised its GDP growth forecast for Taiwan this year from 3.6% to 3.7%, citing stronger-than-expected exports,...

According to a survey by business consultancy Capco, most affluent Hongkongers are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) for wealth...

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing competing bids by Taishin Financial Holding Co and CTBC Financial Holding Co for Shin...

Eastbound Equity, a fund placement agency specialising in bridging Western and Eastern capital markets, has expanded its operations to...

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released two new guides aimed at easing the licensing process for visiting and returning...

Fourteen Australian investment funds and corporations will visit the Philippines next month for a business mission, the Australian...

Woori Financial Group has sealed its re-entry into the insurance sector after 11 years by acquiring Tongyang Life Insurance and ABL Life...

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) will mandate banks to publish detailed breakdowns of their lending rates, including...

Despite the global rise in institutional investment in cryptocurrency, driven by the approval of bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds...

A consortium led by KKR and Japan’s Hulic has submitted a bid to acquire the Shiodome City Center, a 43-story Tokyo skyscraper owned by...

PwC has lost its largest mainland China-listed client, Bank of China, to rival EY, amid a regulatory probe into its work on China...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), along with DBS, HSBC, OCBC, UOB, SPTel, and SpeQtral, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Jefferies Financial Group announced that Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) has increased its stake in the US investment bank to...

The Finance Ministry is forming a 34-member committee, chaired by Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul, to develop policies and...

Woori Investment & Securities, part of Woori Financial Group, has launched as a mid-tier brokerage, marking its reentry into the sector...

Chinese regulators have asked several large state-owned clients of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to drop the auditor due to its work for...