Sitting on a half a trillion dollars of non-performing assets, India’s desire to lift growth should be enough to allow foreign investors to fully tap the country’s distressed debt market. However, there are two major…
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Introduction Although 2019 was not a good year for the North Korean economy, it was also not disastrous. Kim Jong Un will not be able to make much headway this year in implementing his vision…
President Moon Jae-in is approximately halfway through his term in office and there are many conflicting assessments about his administration’s national security policy. Some people say that Moon has accomplished a “visible peace and touchable…
Amid the implementation of new trading rules and access to cheaper financing, increasing numbers of public companies in Hong Kong are choosing to delist or privatise even as bourse rules allow unprofitable companies to go…
By Richard C. Bush, Adrianna Pita The landslide reelection of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was in many ways a referendum on how Taiwan manages its relationship with China. Brookings Senior Fellow Richard Bush explains why…
With inflation under control and a revitalised Build, Build, Build programme, there is optimism that Philippine growth will accelerate in 2020. Source: Finance Asia Read More: Ready for growth
Aamir Khan was parachuted into the top job in mid-August and has since swept through the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan streamlining and simplifying regulations. He spoke to FinanceAsia about his vision to re-ignite…
After announcing a $100 million Series B+ funding, the biotech company’s CEO tells FinanceAsia it is now in full IPO preparation mode with Hong Kong as its preferred destination. However, a dual listing is not…
Commercial satellite imagery of the previously abandoned, never completed, 50 MWe (200 MWth) Reactor at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center[1] indicates a number of unusual activities have occurred around this site over the…
Amid concerns over US sanctions, Alibaba-backed Megvii’s potential Hong Kong listing will become a litmus test for investors buying into next-generation technology stocks Source: Finance Asia Read More: Megvii IPO: Surge in ESG investing…