Asias
Thailand plans Asia’s first sovereign sustainability-linked bond
THAILAND plans to sell as much as US$1.1 billion of baht-denominated sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) in the fourth quarter, in what looks set to be the first such offering from...
Crypto boom, erratic rain spark outages in Laos, Asia’s clean power export hub
HIGHER electricity demand in Laos due to cryptocurrency mining and erratic rainfall have led to power shortages, an advisor to its state-run utility said, revealing challenges to the nation’s...
Asia’s aversion to rate cuts steers EM bond investors away
EMERGING Asian bonds may have less room to rally compared to their global peers as central banks in the region are unlikely to embark on aggressive interest-rate cuts.Inflation-adjusted yields...
Asia’s retail investors hunt for fabled crypto riches
EVEN after a recent pullback, cryptocurrencies are some of the best-performing assets this year – and demand from Asia-Pacific retail investors has been a major engine of the rally.There’s...
Asia’s first spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs gain in Hong Kong debut
SIX spot bitcoin and Ether exchange traded funds (ETFs) gained in their Hong Kong debut on Tuesday (Apr 30) with the three Bitcoin ETFs climbing more than 2 per...
Malaysia plans South-east Asia’s largest integrated circuit design park
MALAYSIA plans to build South-east Asia’s largest integrated circuit design park and will offer incentives including tax breaks, subsidies and visa exemption fees to attract global tech companies and...
Liberalise South-east Asia’s energy sector to attract more private finance: BlackRock official
SOUTH-EAST Asia needs to adopt a market-based approach towards its energy sector to attract more private capital into the region’s energy transition, said Philipp Hildebrand, vice-chairman of asset manager...
Toyota becomes Asia’s most shorted large-cap stock: Hazeltree
AUTOMAKER Toyota Motor became the most shorted large-cap stock by hedge funds in the Asia-Pacific region in February, overtaking Takeda Pharmaceutical, a report from data firm Hazeltree showed on...
