Lombard Odier has appointed Louisa Loo as head of wealth planning for Asia, effective December 17. She will be based in Hong Kong. To strengthen the investment solutions team in the region, the firm ...

Asian ultra-high-net-worth investors (UNHWIs) face a regime change this week when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) implements a 25-basis-point rate hike that will close a main source of cheap money.

The European Chamber of Commerce is unaware of any impact on Cambodia’s maritime trade arising from its military conflict with Thailand.

Deutsche Bank has appointed Chintan Shah as head of corporate bank for Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and Christof ...

London-based global asset manager M&G Investments has launched M&G (Lux) Asian Quality Income Fund, a new Asian fixed income strategy by the firm’s US$188.4 billion global public fixed income team.

AirTrunk says it plans to develop a second hyperscale data centre in Osaka, OSK2, reinforcing Japan’s position as a critical ...

The executive director and CEO of Temasek Holdings, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore with US$324 billion of assets ...

Vietnam’s economy is soaring towards a record US$920 billion in total trade for this year, with exports expected to surpass US$470 billion, marking a robust 16% increase over last year, according to ...

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The African Development Bank ( AfDB ) Group has approved additional financing of US$76.37 million for a road infrastructure programme in Somalia.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €500 million (US$587.39 million) loan with the GelreGroen consortium, which is responsible for the construction and upgrade of the final section of the ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched its first investment in sub-Saharan Africa.