BONDS: The corporate clamour grows for Malaysia's miniature market:
Regional borrowers who are frozen out of international debt markets are targeting ringgit bonds to take advantage of appealing funding levels, which excites domestic investors desperate for...
 M&A: Chinese firms stand out with global buying spree:
China is on a trolley dash for foreign firms in an attempt to slake its 0hunger for commodities and banking know-how. But the government is hugely sensitive about how its image is portrayed and...
BROKING: Lack of interest in local stocks leaves Japanese brokers reeling:
Profits at Japan's leading brokerages are being eroded by stiff competition, a sluggish economy and poorly performing stock markets. Nomura, Daiwa and Nikko Cordial have just posted their first...
CHINA: Danone lawsuit offers lessons:
In China's most acrimonious commercial fracas, the French yoghurt-maker is due to re-launch a lawsuit claiming companies connected to its joint-venture partner, Hangzhou Wahaha, are profiting from...
AUSTRALIA: Shutting out the short-sellers:
Investors and failing company executives are clamouring for Australia's regulators to crack down on short-selling in the stock market – especially from foreign hedge funds. It's a call that...
INDIA: Battle lines drawn in retail war:
Local and foreign players alike are raring to conquer India's untapped organised retail market. But their passage is paved with differing roadblocks, including dire domestic financing options and...
SINGAPORE: Towering costs temper growth:
Potential recession in the United States has investors and corporates in export-orientated Singapore worried – especially about inflation. The fairy-tale economy may be coming to an end,...
How can Korea boost its GDP growth to the 6% government target for 2008 (later revised down) and what opportunities will this create for domestic and foreign investors?:
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THE TOP 10: Carriers bulk up on demand:
Exposure to a booming resources cycle means that dry bulk shipping operators dominate the region's transportation sector in terms of return on equity. But after a year in the sun, they are facing...
THORESEN THAI - TTA maps out route to success:
Thoresen Thai Agencies is a dry bulk specialist and one of Thailand's only shipping businesses of note. As leader for bulk liner services between the vibrant markets of Asia and the Middle East,...
ORIENT OVERSEAS - ship-shape condition:
The sale of its terminals division last year has put the Hong Kong firm in a net cash position – handy
in a credit crunch with the price of oil surging. Orient has the youngest fleet...
LEAGUE TABLES: India's M&A market catches US' cold:
The exuberance of last year has given way to caution and uncertainty as economic conditions have made domestic Indian firms less adventurous. More deals will get done, but they will be smaller, less...
LEAGUE TABLES: Limping back to life:
A thin flow of deals re-emerged in the equity and bond markets, but investor confidence remains low and would-be issuers have had to pay up for smaller transactions.
Ruth David and Pamela Tang...
Market wrap:
Samsung Group's chairman steps down after being indicted for tax evasion, while China's financial ministry cuts the tax on stock trades to revitalise its market. In Hong Kong, budget carrier Oasis...
EDITORIAL: New face of asian finance:
In terms of financial markets, Asia has been a pretty stable location for international banks. Examine any Asia ex-Japan league table of the past five years, and the same names tend to dominate....
FINAL WORD: Trolley rage in Thailand:
Is British supermarket chain Tesco failing to deal with the stresses of being the largest foreign retailer in deeply nationalist Thailand? After years of fighting protectionist forces in the country,...
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