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MAP Indonesia targets rising middle class with home and wellness focus
MAP Indonesia targets rising middle class with home and wellness focus
The retailer is targeting 80 million people in the middle-to-premium class.
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Auto insurers under strain from high-tech repairs
Fixing EVs is expensive, leading many to declare these as a loss.
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Global firms eye Hong Kong captives to manage risk
Self-insurance could lower premiums over time and improve liquidity.
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Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance targets Chinese nationals in Thailand
The Chinese accounted for 53% of foreign students in Thai universities last year.
DP World opens first warehouse in Singapore
The site is 20 minutes away from Jurong Port.
Revised solvency rules could spur new wave of Malaysian insurance M&As
Insurers must provide capital for increased risk from floods, among other charges.
Japan faces RE supply chain conundrum
It’s a choice between creating jobs later or now at the expense of higher energy prices.
SG banks leave more jobs unfilled as corporate spending pauses
For every two people who resign, only one post gets replaced.
Companies move to avert cash-flow crisis
There is increased corporate demand for liquidity and risk coverage, says HSBC.
SWIFT cites high cost of splintered financial world
Many digital payment platforms remain disconnected from each other.
Asia’s industrial giants take over the world
K-pop, anime, Bollywood, and Asian beauty trends have also gained global traction.
PertaLife eyes capital hike to boost coverage of captive market
It is also tapping other state enterprises and beyond.
ASEAN should cut political risk to attract grid investors
The new chief of the ASEAN Centre for Energy expects a breakthrough this year.
SIT, Rolls-Royce launch $15.4m tech trial of hybrid vessel
The 34-metre ship will test tools that predict maintenance needs and improve fleet performance.
Singapore pushes virtual power plants to hit 2035 RE goal
It also wants power companies to build hydrogen-ready plants.
Strategic Marine to build 24-metre survey ship for Odyssey Group
The aluminium-made ship will be finished by the last quarter.
CIC eyes 17.5 million tonnes of clean fuel to Asia, Europe over five years
Delivery will start by 2027 at the earliest.
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