Southeast Asia

Select life insurers show strong profitability – Fitch Ratings

Operating profitability of insurers from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand pose with sound mortality gains and favourable investment returns.

Select life insurers show strong profitability – Fitch Ratings

Operating profitability of insurers from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand pose with sound mortality gains and favourable investment returns.

Nine trends to reshape Southeast Asia's e-commerce in 2024

Social media and AI-driven features will continue their trajectory in 2024.

Four shifts transforming Southeast Asia’s retail landscape

The region is seeing the rise of minimarts, and artificial intelligence, amongst other trends.

ASEAN has over 99% untapped wind, solar potential

The region has 30,523 GW solar potential and 1,383 GW projected wind capacity.

ZALORA seizes opportunity in revenge tourists’ purchasing power

The e-commerce platform added more travel-related items catering to the rise in travel searches from customers.

Int’l businesses target ASEAN for supply-chain connectivity versus consumer market

Growth in sales for the region is expected to climb 23.2% in the next 12 months.

QR payments seen to skyrocket by 2028 – Study

Its transaction volume is expected to reach 90 billion by 2028.

Taylor Swift is coming to Asia: Are you ready for it?

With only two stops in Asia, most Swifties won’t be able to go to The Eras Tour, but that’s only made the hype stronger. 

TikTok invests $12.2m to support SMBs in Southeast Asia

The amount will benefit around 120,000 small businesses in the region.

Fuelling the future of finance with data streams

Traditional institutions need to utilise constant, real-time data flow that generates insights on the fly. 

Three opportunities SEA countries can expect from a 'Plus One' approach

This approach is set to diversify Southeast Asia's supply chain.

Southeast Asia needs at least US$200b in energy sector investment by 2030

Of this, over three-quarters should be earmarked for clean energy.

ASEAN nations bear annual losses of $17b due to supply chain disruptions

The retail and wholesale sectors were amongst the hardest hit.

Tencent Cloud wins three major awards at the Asian Technology Excellence Awards 2022

Recognition was given to Tencent Cloud for its work empowering major organisations in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Tech companies should prepare for the next wave of unknowns, says Deloitte industry leader

Amidst supply chain disruptions, Yang Chi Chih recommends companies review channel performance and relationships with partners. 

Singtel, Indonesia’s Telkom partner to develop regional data centre strategy

The companies will also collaborate to support Indonedia’s fixed broadband business.