INDONESIA COULD BE ASIA’S NEXT ISLAMIC FINANCE HUB

Indonesia ended 2020 with record highs in Islamic finance development, with the State of the Global…

PTT OIL & RETAIL PRICES ITS US$1.8 BILLION (THB54B) IPO

PTT Plc, the country’s largest oil-and-gas company, has priced an initial public offering (IPO) for its…

SIA ISSUES US$500 million USD BONDS

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has raised US$500 million (S$660 million) in its first US dollar bond issue,…

FOREIGN INVESTORS EXITING THAI BOND MARKET

Foreign investors are expected to keep steering clear of the Thai bond market in 2021 after…

SIGH OF RELIEF AS ECO-WORLD-UEM SUNRISE M&A CALLED OFF

EcoWorld Development Berhad said today it is no longer pursuing the proposed merger with UEM Sunrise…

CFO POLL: SOUTHEAST ASIA

In an extended two-month poll beginning in early December 2020, we have put together the top…

PSE: 8 COMPANIES JOIN LIST OF SHARIAH COMPLIANT COMPANIES

THE PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) has included eight new securities that are compliant with Islamic…

PHILIPPINES MOBILE WALLET GCASH RAISES OVER US$175 MILLION

Philippine mobile wallet GCash has raised more than US$175 million in capital from New York-based private…

BITCOIN: WHY THE PRICE HAS EXPLODED – AND WHERE IT GOES FROM HERE

BY Andrew Urquhart Bitcoin achieved a remarkable rise in 2020 in spite of many things that…

SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS FARE POORLY IN 2020

Capital returns from key Southeast Asian markets were quite poor in 2020. Singapore ended the year…