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Vietnam’s Leadership Stirred, Not Shaken
Reshuffling at the top of Vietnam's leadership structure unlikely to lead to policy change.
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World’s Best Banks 2021: Asia Pacific
The Best Banks in Asia Pacific sped up digital efforts to meet the crisis.
Features
Building Back Green: Asian Development Bank Plans Post-Pandemic Strategy
The Asian Development Bank is holding its annual meeting remotely this month—for just the second time in its history. Covid-19 recovery and sustainability will be key topics.
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Tanzania’s Barrier-Breaking New President
Foreign direct investors in its mining industry are apprehensive on account of Magufuli’s resource-nationalist policies.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
The Philippines: Passing The Peso
The Philippine central bank is helping commercial banks get rid of bad loans to help jumpstart an economic recovery.
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India: Soft Power And Export
India joins China, Russia, and the U.S. in offering the world its own Covid-19 vaccine.
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Australia: Facebooks News Showdown
The world is watching to see if Australia succeeds in making Big Tech pay publishers for the content they profit from.
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China Takes The FDI Title
China surges past the U.S. as the top destination for foreign direct investment.
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Rio Tinto Vows Cleanup
The fallout from the Juukan Gorge scandal has put executives at other mining companies on alert.
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Executive Insights: Asia’s Culture Clout
Stuart Wood, a founding partner of design agency Missouri Creative in London, points to Asia’s rising cultural influence—from K-pop to TikTok—as a soft yet powerful facet of its 21st century leadership.
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Japan: New Beginnings
Tokyo is reviving ambitions to be Asia’s top global financial hub. Many factors, including the country’s fully diversified economy and high level of household savings, favor the effort. But will it work this time around?
Features
Taiwan Roundtable: Poised To Unleash Growth
One of the strongest economies in Asia, Taiwan did relatively well in 2020, both economically and in handling the pandemic. The strength of its tech sector represents both an opportunity and a challenge for the near future, as do potential global and regional trade developments. Leaders from the Central Bank of Taiwan and five banks active on the island took up these topics and more in a recent Global Finance roundtable.