Asia-Pacific

The Asian Development Bank is holding its annual meeting remotely this month—for just the second time in its history. Covid-19 recovery and sustainability will be key topics.

Foreign direct investors in its mining industry are apprehensive on account of Magufuli’s resource-nationalist policies.

The Philippine central bank is helping commercial banks get rid of bad loans to help jumpstart an economic recovery.

India joins China, Russia, and the U.S. in offering the world its own Covid-19 vaccine.

China surges past the U.S. as the top destination for foreign direct investment.

The fallout from the Juukan Gorge scandal has put executives at other mining companies on alert.

The world is watching to see if Australia succeeds in making Big Tech pay publishers for the content they profit from.

One of the strongest economies in Asia, Taiwan did relatively well in 2020, both economically and in handling the pandemic. The strength of its tech sector represents both an opportunity and a challenge for the near future, as do potential global and regional trade developments. Leaders from the Central Bank of Taiwan and five banks active on the island took up these topics and more in a recent Global Finance roundtable.

Tokyo is reviving ambitions to be Asia’s top global financial hub. Many factors, including the country’s fully diversified economy and high level of household savings, favor the effort. But will it work this time around?

Stuart Wood, a founding partner of design agency Missouri Creative in London, points to Asia’s rising cultural influence—from K-pop to TikTok—as a soft yet powerful facet of its 21st century leadership.

Editor Andrea Fiano's monthly letter to you, the reader.

Strongly advocated by Germany, the agreement drew criticism from other European Union member states concerned with issues ranging from Beijing’s human rights record to cybersecurity and technology transfer.

Chinese ESG evaluation systems have evolved rapidly over the past few years. 

62 million square feet of Indian commercial space have been converted to REITs in the last decade and another 144 million square feet are to be converted over the next three to four years.

Following the lead of their US counterparts, China’s private equity funds are angling for bigger ownership stakes and a louder voice in the country’s corporate sector.

Japan’s Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. will use the proceeds to pay for the acquisition of its mobile unit.

Islamic finance took a hit in 2020 but is preparing for the next surge of growth through innovation, standardization, and M&A activity.

A younger, digitally savvy generation is now powering online insurance sales in an unprecedented manner.

The Covid-19 pandemic has given fresh impetus to the need for paper-free international trade processes. 

"America First" allows China to take economic leadership of East Asia.