Asia-Pacific

Upward of 20 companies went public on South Korea’s main market last year, raising around $14 billion—nearly double the previous record, set in 2010.

China maps a pragmatic route through environmental issues.

As Japan Inc. increases its divestment of legacy businesses, a new appetite for overseas tech firms is emerging.

Singapore’s UOB stands out as a leader in serving small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) over the past year. Eric Tham, head of Group Commercial Banking; and Lawrence Loh, head of Group Business Banking, explain why.

SPACs have become all the rage in North America, but have yet to make a big splash in Asia. 

Falguni Nayar becomes India's first female self-made billionaire after her e-commerce company's IPO.

The opening of the Beijing Stock Exchange is a positive signal of the government’s intention to open its financial market to global investors.

Global Finance names this year’s best banks in China.

Under terms of the deal, Tata will gain Air India’s 141 aircraft and 7,000 domestic and international airport slots and pay $1.2 billion toward 42 aircraft, many of them Boeing 787 Dreamliners. 

Despite Fumoi Kishida’s public calls for a massive stimulus package and an even more consequential redistribution of wealth, some of his initial moves appear to confirm the dissonance between rhetoric and reality.

Alibaba Cloud is expanding into Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand.

Japan moves to digitize government services.

Activist investor campaigns in Japan caused a stir earlier this year when Effissimo Capital Management and Farallon Capital Management, raised concerns about the management of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba.

China moves to curb the tech sector's explosive growth.

China takes a step to limit global carbon emissions.

The Taliban's return to power may usher in both an economic and a humanitarian crisis.

Evergrande borrowed not only from about 300 domestic and international banks, many of which remain undisclosed, but reportedly also from its employees, small firms and ordinary retail investors.

Citi is divesting from underperforming markets to focus on wealth management and institutional and corporate banking.

HSBC is doubling down on Asia.

China's banking sector is already vulnerable to high levels of corporate debt and cutting reserve requirements means greater systemic risk.