Regional Insights

Southeast Asia's digital economy is projected to reach $560 billion by 2030 and fintech innovation is finally bridging the financing gap that has kept 70 million micro, small and medium...

Singapore's 5G frequencies sit safely distant from aviation systems. But across ASEAN, countries are deploying 5G in different spectrum bands - some dangerously close to aircraft altimeters. With no regional...

Institutional investors executed one of the largest portfolio reallocations in decades during 2025. Capital flows into Asia Pacific real estate accelerated sharply as major funds quietly repositioned away from developed...

Southeast Asia's financial giants are deploying AI at breakneck speed, but there's an uncomfortable truth: the algorithms guiding billion-dollar decisions are foreign-controlled black boxes. As 2026 approaches, that dependency could...

Asia controls global chip production. Now the US-China rivalry is forcing impossible choices: diversify at massive cost or concentrate and risk everything. The map is being redrawn.

Ricardo Lagdameo was born into success. From a small abaca plantation in the 1950s, his grandfather, Don Antonio Floirendo Sr, built the Anflo Management and Investment Corporation (ANFLOCOR) into a...

Scotch whisky has had a long and illustrious history, dating back to the 15th century when the first malt duty was recorded by royal authority to a monk at the...

When the late automotive legend Soichiro Honda struggled to sit still in school, he day-dreamed about building. Then at 15, fascinated by the workings of motors, he set out on the...

Cybersecurity is as important for protecting businesses as buying home insurance is in typhoon-prone areas. Security breaches are a reality of business that many company leaders would rather avoid. Attack...

If you wanted to assess the depths of the challenges businesses are facing from the COVID-19 pandemic, you need look no further than the beleaguered aviation industry. Prolonged grounding of...