The Lao government has approved more than 6,000 investment projects with combined funding of around 37 billion U.S. dollars since the introduction of the market-oriented economy and opening up to the …
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India Becomes Transportation Highway Center of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Much has been made of recent Indian regulatory issues being anti-China investment in tone. However, they failed to read the small print. India is in fact the current largest recipient of announced Chi…
The Great Wall against China: Understanding India’s new foreign investment rules
The finance ministry on Wednesday notified changes in FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) rules which mandate “prior approval” from the Centre for foreign investments from countries “tha…
Vietnam: Digital economy expected to increase labour productivity
Việt Nam needed to invest in the digital economy and seize the opportunities it provided to improve labour productivity. The information was released at the annual Vietnam economic evaluation report r…
ADB: Pandemic need not turn into economic meltdown
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) believes countries should act fast in responding to the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic to prevent further deterioration of the economy. In an Asian Development B…
Talking heads: A U-shaped global growth recovery?
GERALD AMBROSE, COUNTRY HEAD – ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS MALAYSIA, ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS Where are you seeing exciting investment opportunities in Malaysia, and how are you positioning you…
Rebound Predicted For Malaysia Stock Market
The Malaysia stock market snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 30 points or 2.2 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index remains just above the 1,385-point plateau a…
BPO industry in Philippines seen benefitting as firms abroad cut costs due to pandemic
The Philippines’ business process outsourcing industry may stand to benefit from the “next wave” of outsourcing as companies around the world cut costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Malaysian Banks Unswayed by Worldwide Moves to Cut Dividends
As banks elsewhere scrap or defer dividend payments, investors in Malaysian lenders can still expect their usual cash rewards. Malayan Banking Bhd., the biggest lender by market value, plans to keep i…
Virus Derails Myanmar’s Move to Open Stock Market to Foreigners
The novel coronavirus outbreak has derailed Myanmar’s move to open its stock market to foreign investors. Only two of the country’s five listed securities have attracted international traders since ru…