As inflation starts to creep back into Asia, the markets could see a battle royal between exporters and central bankers.
Within just a few short days, the issuing environment for Asian equity and debt has improved dramatically.
An independent watchdog in Indonesia has accused Garuda''s management of participating in a $1 billion fraud involving mark-ups on aircraft leasing agreements.
Globalization and the internet are forcing huge changes in the way stocks are issued and traded in Asia. But there''s a danger stock exchanges could become too lax as they transform their role.
In his statement to shareholders, Henry Keswick shows how little he understands international finance.
The BOT''s outline for inflation targeting appears, on the whole, to be sensible. However, the new monetary policy framework does not alter the view that USD/THB will trade higher to 43.0 by year-end.
Doom-sayers are predicting a return to the bad old days in Korea - but, says Desmond Supple of Barclays Capital, the upswing is not over yet.
Will Hong Kong be able to develop the "new economy", a development needed to sustain the current recovery and guarantee a competitive future?
Finance professionals in Thailand are waiting on Moody''s decision on whether to reinstate the country''s investment grade status or not.
Hutchison Whampoa''s investment in China Unicom comes at a time when institutional investors should be buying the stock.
Muddled messages from Amsterdam have had us all wondering what ABN Amro is up to.
PCCW''s recommended offer for C&W HKT will involve fees of $130 million - over HK$1 billion.
Compiling league tables is a dirty job, but sometimes the results can reveal a lot about the market. Just take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ex-Japan Asia equity deals.
The internet may provide banks with a profitable way to lend to SMEs.
The recent announcement that SingTel is to set up a regional mobile phone joint venture with Richard Branson''s Virgin Group could be yet another mistake by the beleagured Singaporean telco.