Trade war pushes private equity into SE Asia

As the China-US trade war gives global markets the jitters, private equity firms are increasingly looking to Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia for a return.
January 17, 2019

As an investment destination, Southeast Asia is not what it used to be. Once investors focused mainly on commodities and industrials out of the region, but now its growing new economies are bringing new opportunities in the search for yield.

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