Asia

NEW YORK (May 19): Asia’s yield-hungry investors have a lot riding on the financial engineers of Wall Street.

SINGAPORE (May 15): Anna Vanessa Haotanto became a selfmade millionaire at 29, an age when many people are still climbing the corporate ladder. She achieved this mainly by making smart investments and saving prudently.

SINGAPORE (May 9): The International Monetary Fund said Asia’s economic outlook faces “significant” uncertainty and downside growth risks from any sudden tightening in global financial conditions or rise in protectionist trade policies.

HONG KONG / NEW DELHI (May 9): Sanjay Janghala walks across a humming factory floor as 400 employees of Orient Craft Ltd. stitch together women’s blouses and embroidered dresses.

(May 5): For a vivid illustration of why demographics matter so much for economic growth, take a look at the diverging trends in Asia.

SINGAPORE (April 18): Schroders’ Chief Economist & Strategist Keith Wade says populist policies to restrict trade and migration are likely to lead to stagflation which could impact Asia and the emerging markets (EM).

SINGAPORE (April 6): The Asia-Pacific region continued to dominate global initial public offering (IPO) activity in 1Q17 to account for 70% of the global number of IPOs and 48% by global proceeds.

SINGAPORE (March 29): A higher proportion of employees across Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia (37%) are considering leaving their current job to start on their own business compared to the global average of 28%.

SINGAPORE (March 28): Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has highlighted rising inflation as a particular area for Asia to watch in the year ahead, which has the potential to become a policy issue but is not an immediate problem.