Edmund Leong, head of Group Corporate Banking and Investment Banking at UOB, explains to FinanceAsia how Asean’s evolution into an even more dynamic end-market is enticing corporates to scale across borders – in turn driving demand for integrated financing, advisory and capital markets solutions. And those banks with regional reach and local expertise should be pivotal to the region’s next growth phase.

In the second of a two-part series on AI tokens, CNA explores how lower-cost Chinese models are emerging as an attractive option across businesses in Asia, even as experts warn that price is only one part of the equation.

Oil prices, which settled at a three-month low overnight, reflected the cautious stance, with Brent crude futures up 51 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at US$83.74 a barrel.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party and its allies now control states covering most of India’s shared border with Bangladesh, says Rahul Verma from the Centre for Policy Research.

In the second of a two-part series on AI tokens, CNA explores how lower-cost Chinese models are emerging as an attractive option across businesses in Asia, even as experts warn that price is only one part of the equation.

As Manila pushes ahead with large-scale renewable energy projects, many off-grid communities are still relying on small solar kits for basic electricity.

The masked robbers, wearing helmets, took passports, bags, laptops, cash and luxury watches.

PAS’ president Abdul Hadi Awang announced over the weekend that Hamzah Zainudin will be reappointed as Malaysia’s opposition leader, but its coalition partner Bersatu - which sacked Hamzah in February - has questioned the move.

Police in Pakistan's most populous eastern province, Punjab, said that officers responding to a robbery exchanged fire with the suspects who were holding the passengers of a family's car at gunpoint on Wednesday (Jun 10).