Asean

Sunway MCL steps up Singapore residential game, on lookout for landbank 

2026-08-28T10:56:24.000Z
NSX CEO Max Cunningham notes that four constituents of Australian Securities Exchange’s top 200 disappeared from the bourse within weeks.

National Stock Exchange of Australia eyes South-east Asia for listings, Singapore for capital

2026-08-28T09:03:36.000Z
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Despite numerous crackdowns, South-east Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry has proven remarkably resilient. 
BRUNCH

Rooting out the scam scourge in South-east Asia

2026-08-28T07:30:00.000Z
“I consider myself lucky. I don’t consider myself successful,” says Ng Yih Pyng, the second-generation leader of Tomei Consolidated.
BEHIND THE NAME

What’s luck got to do with it? Everything, says Malaysian jewellery king Tomei’s chief

2026-08-28T03:08:29.000Z
The Vietnam International Financial Centre is being developed as “one centre, two destinations” across Da Nang (left) and Ho Chi Minh City.
THE FINANCIAL HUB RACE

Vietnam pitches its real economy, not a Singapore replica, in two-city IFC push

2026-08-27T23:00:00.000Z
CIMB has been engaging with the Securities Commission Malaysia on the development of tokenised capital-market products.

Malaysia’s CIMB completes US$342.7 million tokenised sukuk pilot

2026-08-27T08:52:10.000Z
From Labuan to the purpose-built Tun Razak Exchange in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has deployed special rules, incentives and infrastructure to attract global financial activity.
THE FINANCIAL HUB RACE

Malaysia’s strongest card in multi-hub push could be Islamic finance

2026-08-26T23:00:00.000Z
Asean can remain young, growing and increasingly affluent while becoming more demanding and politically fluid.
POLITICS THAT MATTER

Asean must repair its fraying bargain with the young

2026-08-25T23:00:00.000Z
Singapore-based Beam Mobility tops the list, having raised about US$135 million since it was founded in 2018. It merged with Neuron Mobility in Sep 2025 to form one of the region’s top shared e-scooter operators.

South-east Asia’s top EV startups draw US$622 million in funding since 2016: report

2026-08-24T08:42:54.000Z
Trade statistics produce an uneven picture of the creative economy, with some industries measured in detail while others are consistently underestimated.

Asean’s creative economy needs clearer definitions and better data urgently

2026-08-23T23:00:00.000Z