Asia-Pacific

MILESTONES: INDIA   By Valentina Pasquali   It's been rough going for India's airline industry recently.   Photo Credit: CHRISTOPHER PARYPA / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM High fuel prices, the global economic downturn and cutthroat competition for the domestic market have burdened carriers ...

MILESTONES: BANGLADESH   By Udayan Gupta   Bangladesh is one of the more intriguing frontier market economies for foreign investors. In 2011 its GDP rose an estimated 6.3%. But a volatile political environment and an economy that is not immune to ...

NEWSMAKERS: TAIWAN   By Thomas Clouse   Ma Ying-jeou will serve a second term as president of Taiwan after winning 51.6% of the vote in the January election, defeating his closest competitor, Tsai Ing-wen, by less than six percentage points. ...

MILESTONES: CHINA/INDIA   By Erik Heinrich   China and India are in the midst of a skyscraper building boom that is radically transforming the skylines of its biggest cities and raising hubris to new heights.   At present China is ...

Global Finance announces a half-yearly update World’s 50 Safest Banks: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 – Bank stability is an ever-more pressing concern for the world’s corporations and investors. It is within this context that Global Finance announces ...

Global Finance names the Safest Banks In Asia: April 2012 NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 — Global Finance magazine ( GFmag.com ) has named the top 10 Safest Banks In Asia: April 2012 in an exclusive survey to be published ...

NEW TARIFFS TO COST FOREIGN AUTOMAKERS   By Thomas Clouse   Amid charges that US companies sold automotive parts at prices below production costs, the Chinese government has said it will impose tariffs on imported US-made products.   Harnessing wind ...

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS   By Gordon Platt   BNY Mellon set up unsponsored American depositary receipt (ADR) programs for two Thailand-based companies in December, Thai Airways International, the national carrier of Thailand, and BEC World, a television broadcasting ...

ASIA'S BANKS ON THE WAY UP   By Michael Shari   Asian investment banks are starting to edge out their top-ranking American and European competitors as global investors take risk off the table in Asia.   China International Capital Corp ...

INDIA TAKES STEPS TO CURB FALLING CURRENCY   By Aaron Chaze   The Indian government finally took steps to bolster inflows of US dollars after the rupee fell by 13% during the last three months of 2011.   Giving buying ...

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS   By Gordon Platt   China Three Gorges, a state-owned company that operates the world's largest hydropower project, bought a 21% stake in EDP, Portugal's largest company and utility.   The Chinese company also ...

NEWSMAKERS: INDIA   By Aaron Chaze   After two decades leading India’s largest and most respected conglomerate, Ratan Tata will step down in December 2012 as chairman of Tata Sons—the holding company that runs the $83 billion Tata group of companies, with ...

CHINESE REGULATORS TARGET ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR IN STATE-OWNED FIRMS   By Thomas Clouse   Chinese regulators have targeted state-owned enterprises in an anti-monopoly investigation for the first time.   Photo Credit: Chen Wei Seng / Shutterstock.com China’s two largest fixed-line telephone operators—China ...

SINKING PUPEE AFFECTS CORPORATE DEBT REPAYMENT   By Aaron Chaze   Corporate borrowers in India have been hard hit by the rupee slide—the currency fell 18% over the dollar between January and November, 2011, and fell 7% in November alone.   ...

MILESTONES: MYANMAR   By Thomas Clouse   Preparing to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, Myanmar is also opening its doors to foreign investment.   A new dawn breaks in Myanmar, which is open for business Leaders from ASEAN’s ...

SLACKENING M&A; MAY PICK UP AS MONETARY POLICY EASES   By Aaron Chaze   Corporate dealmaking in India has declined in the period of the year through October 2011.   Indian Internet penetration grows According to global consulting firm Grant ...

TRADE FRICTION WITH THE US GROWS   By Thomas Clouse   China and the United States are facing further trade friction after the US Senate passed a bill imposing tariffs on Chinese imports.   P epsiCo challenges Coca-Cola’s dominance Photo ...

NEWSMAKERS: JAPAN   By Luca Ventura   When Michael Woodford was promoted to president and then CEO of camera and medical equipment maker Olympus Corporation earlier this year, analysts and investors had high hopes for the future of the 92-year-old ...

MILESTONES: KYRGYZSTAN   By Kim Iskyan   Late October’s landslide victory of incumbent prime minister Almazbek Atambayev as the new president of Kyrgyzstan may bring a modicum of stability to the country’s tumultuous domestic political environment.   Atambayev may favor ...

  WAITING GAME By Anita Hawser Asia is watching closely to see what happens to the West's buckling economies. However, intraregional trade growth and ever-increasing trade between the emerging markets will help cushion any impact.   Much of the world’s ...