Asia-Pacific

Global Finance’s Stars of China awards highlight leading banks’ digital progress and economic impact.

Last year, ICBC consolidated several asset management operations to create ICBC Asset Management (Global). Bing Li, who leads product development for the new entity, and Harrison Li, who leads global asset management for ICBC, talk about the new entity and its role in supporting the wider ambitions of the bank—and of China itself.

India's middle class is rising but many of its people are left behind.

Abenomics is incentivizing Japanese companies to look for opportunities abroad.

Azerbaijan has turned a corner and is diversifying away from oil dependency.

Australia cracks down on modern slavery.

Asia's economic star is rising fast.

Banks in Southeast Asia confront integration and fintech amidst explosive growth. Could it be too much, too fast?

Indian public banks in retreat at home and abroad.

The longer the US-China trade war continues, the greater the risk of de-globalization becomes.

Pakistan's new prime minister faces high debt and a currency crisis.

Falling population fuels rising wages.

Tensions in the South China Sea result in new agreement.

Investing in Myanmar requires reconciling great opportunities and great risks.

Diplomatic breakthrough on disputed sea and energy issues.

Japanese investors are beginning to shake off their notorious aversion to risk and foreign companies and governments are taking advantage.

Trade wars may not have winners but they certainly have losers.

Trade tensions are just one aspect of deteriorating economic ties between the U.S. and China.

Trump's trade war is starting to take an economic toll.

The push into transaction banking by Australia’s growing horde of fintechs and other startups has not been less than the push into personal and small-business lending.