Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Softbank Shocks With $13 Billion Loss
In an announcement on April 13, SoftBank cited a “deteriorating market environment” as the explanation for the abysmal results at its $100 billion Vision Fund.
Asia Pacific
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Features
Facebook Opts To Play Second Fiddle In India
Facebook adds a new trick to its playbook: junior partnership.
Features
Virus Won’t Stop Asia’s Middle Class
Two portfolio managers from GW&Kexplain why they are still betting on China and India despite the disruption caused by a global pandemic.
Data
East Asia’s Trade War Winners
Smaller economies in the region are successfully positioning themselves as a manufacturing alternative to China.
Features
Marshall Islands Sets The Pace For Digital Currency Issuance
The pioneering Marshallese sovereign (SOV) digital currency will coexist alongside the US dollarbefore gradually becoming the prime currency.
Data
Slowdown Ahead In Central and Eastern Europe
Following a period of heady growth, the region’s economies are expected to slow in the face of the eurozone slump, lower EU investment, and coronavirus.
Data
Striving In Adversity
South Korea rose impressively to meet the COVID-19 challenge. Will it be able to reinvigorate its economy as well?
News
Malaysia Gets A New Finance Minister
Zafrul Aziz becomes the first non-politician in the country's history to hold the position.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Bhutan: Tight Spot
Bhutan’s geography plays an out-size role in its economic health.
News
New SWF Reflects Jakarta’s Infrastructure Ambitions
Experts are questioning the structure and true purpose of Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund.
News
India Sparks A Real-Time Payments Revolution
The Indian government's mobile payments platform sees 1.3 billion transactions per month.
Country Report
China: Innovation Nation
With growth slowing, Beijing pushes technology, innovation and urban experimentation as the keys to China’s future economic ascendancy.