Asia-Pacific

China and Japan are major players throughout the region, yet private financing is still needed to meet massive infrastructure needs.

CEO of National Australia Bank steps down amid scandal.

Vietnam has evolved, becoming a bigger FDI draw. Yet investors have cause for caution.

Fearing loss of revenue as their business customers push to go paperless, Asia’s banking giants are forging new partnerships.

Ventures like MYbank and WeBank are betting that AI and cloud technology will further reduce the costs and inefficiencies of borrowing faced by SMEs.

The country's first election since a military coup in 2014 will probably not lead to stability in the near future.

Pakistan scrambles to pay its debts.

Europe and Japan create the world's largest free trade zone.

Nations compete for foreign direct investment.

Demand for materials needed in batteries and energy storage has created a dynamic new market for once-obscure metals. Can supply keep up with demand?

Bangladesh's longest-serving PM wins re-election and vows to modernize the country.

Debt-ridden Pakistan gets a lifeline.

Vietnam's economic reforms are leading to an IPO boom.

Tina Byles Williams is CEO and founder of FIS Group, a US asset manager. She speaks with Global Finance about US-China trade conflict, and the winners and losers in the new world order.

Japan needs workers from abroad to meet labor market demands.

Defaults in China's corporate sector have spiked.

India's distressed debt is becoming a hot item for international investors.

Will India's economic policymaking apparatus finally become more stable?

Canada's arrest of Huawei's CFO is causing geopolitical and economic tensions.

Taiwan’s economy is still strong and well diversified, according to the participants in a recent Global Finance roundtable in Taipei. In the near future, global trade tensions could be both a risk and an opportunity for the local economy.