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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alibaba Opens Books To Auditors

Alibaba is one of more than a hundred Chinese companies currently on the provisional list of firms facing delisting from the New York Stock Exchange over transparency and national security concerns.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Pakistan: Post-Pandemic Bump

Despite Covid-19 setbacks, Pakistan is reestablishing GDP growth.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Softbank Takes A Step Back

Last yearSoftBank earned the highest profits ever for a Japanese firm and during the first quarter of 2022 had its worst quarter ever, losing $15 billion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Toshiba’s Impending Takeover

After years of scandals and mismanagement, Toshiba may soon be acquired in an M&A deal.

News

First Publicly Offered Digital Green Bonds Issued

A digitally tracked green bond uses technology such as blockchain to improve data transparency and data collection efficiency for green or environmental securities.

News

Lee Promises Calmer Hong Kong

Hong Kong's next chief executive is a law-and-order candidate.

News

Pakistan’s New PM Faces Constraints

Imran Khan, ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote, is replaced as Pakistan's Prime Minister by Shehbaz Sharif.

News

Sri Lanka: Creditors Face Heavy Losses From Debt Crisis

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has come under fire for his handling of the crisis.

Banking

World’s Best Banks 2022: Asia-Pacific

Pandemic responses turn out to be a springboard for profits.

Award Winners

Funding Asia’s Future: Q&A With DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta

Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank, reveals how investing in staff and growth-stage technology companies will help meet Asia’s future financial needs.

Awards

World’s Best Islamic Banks 2022

Islamic financial institutions recorded a strong 2021while continuing digital investments.

Data

Happiest Countries in Asia 2022

Some of these nations handled the pandemic well and some did not. It almost made no difference in how people evaluated their satisfaction with life.