Tycoon Tony Fernandes’ Capital A Forms AirAsia Cambodia As Budget Carrier Seeks New Growth Markets

AirAsia celebrated its 21st anniversary with the formation of an airline in Cambodia. Danielle Keeton-Olsen for Forbes Asia AirAsia Aviation Group—controlled by Malaysian tycoons Tony Fernandes and Ka...

Malaysia’ Desperately Needs New Economic Story

After years in and out of jail, Anwar Ibrahim has finally has grabbed the premiership. Afif Abd Halim/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s hard not to feel jaded as “CSI: Malaysia” gears up from another sea...

This Fund Thinks Southeast Asia Looks Ripe For Investment, And Here’s Why

S&P Global Market Intelligence predicts that the Asia-Pacific region will dominate the world’s growth in the coming year, generating positive real GDP while the U.S. and Europe likely fall i...

Billionaire Jean Salata’s Baring Private Equity Asia To Boost Tech Investments After Mega Fund Raise

Jean Salata, CEO and founding partner of Baring Private Equity Asia, speaks at the SuperReturn Asia … [+] conference in Singapore. Jonathan Burgos/Forbes Asia Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA)—l...

How much does it cost to travel full time? Here’s what one couple pays

Ernestas Tyminas felt “stuck” in his role as a marketing manager at a newspaper in Colorado Springs, Colorado. So he requested two months off to backpack through Asia, he said, landing in ...

Asia Niche Will Help East West Bank Weather U.S. Economic Downturn, CEO Dominic Ng Says

East West’s Chairman and CEO Dominic Ng. East West Bank East West Bank, today one of the largest American banks to service the U.S.-China business community, started out its life banking to Chin...

Japanese shipping giant to take part in tidal power project

Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects. Guvendemir | E+ | Getty Images Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power pr...

Here’s why a multi-million toy business is venturing into the metaverse

When Jackson Aw was introduced to blockchain technology in 2018, he “didn’t get it at all.” “Can someone dumb it down even further for me? Like, can you just tell me what I can...

Travelers return to Southeast Asia but inflation could hurt recovery

After more than two years of lockdowns and border controls, Southeast Asia is finally experiencing some semblance of the old days of travel. Flights are steadily returning to 2019 levels in the region...

Australia, India, Singapore Help Fuel Executive Search Gains In Asia-Pacific As Covid Impact Wanes

“It’s a very good year,” says Boyden APAC board member William Farrell. Boyden Growing demand for business and engineering talent in Australia, India and Singapore is giving a boost to executive searc...

China’s Fosun Pharma Invests $158 Mln For 60% Stake In Singapore Cancer Treatment Centers

Guo Guangchang, chairman and co-founder of Fosun International, pictured in 2018. Guo is worth $4.6 … [+] billion on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List today. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomb...

Grab Narrows Losses On Robust Ride-Hailing, Delivery Demand; Shares Jump By Most Since Listing

Anthony Tan, CEO of Grab Holdings, center right, and Tan Hooi Ling, cofounder of Grab Holdings, … [+] celebrate on stage during a bell-ringing ceremony as Grab begins trading on the Nasdaq, in S...

Recession Risks Are Contagious As Japan’s GDP Stumbles—Again

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has very few options to avoid a recession that may be all but inevitable. Getty Images Japan’s economy shrank…Typing these words is maddeningly familiar for long-time Toky...

Shopee, Garena post strong revenue

Singapore, Singapore – 2021: A large Shopee logo at the entrance to the e-commerce platform’s headquarters at Science Park. (Exact photography date unknown due to incorrect camera settings...

Marcum-Friedman Accountant Merger Would Quicken U.S. Firm’s Expansion In Asia

MBP Co-Chairman Drew Bernstein. MBP In March, “China Wealth” profiled MBP as a successful New York-based accounting company in China that is now on the move in Southeast Asia with plans to open an off...

Tycoon Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia Group Q1 Traffic Nearly Quadruples As Pandemic Travel Restrictions Ease

A Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 takes off from Donmueang International Airport. getty AirAsia Group—controlled by Malaysian tycoons Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun’s Capital A Berhad—said first quarte...

Alibaba’s Ant Group Buys Majority Stake In Singapore Fintech 2C2P

The Ant Group Co. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Alibaba Group … [+] Holding Ltd.’s fintech affiliate Ant Group Co. had its initial public offering torpedoed...

Billionaire Wee Cho Yaw’s UOL Expands Global Hotel Footprint, Betting On Post-Pandemic Recovery

The Pan Pacific hotel Singapore. Andrew Woodley/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images UOL Group—controlled by billionaire Wee Cho Yaw—is gearing up for a post-pandemic recovery in t...

ESR’s Perlman Charts Next Growth Path After Blockbuster ARA Deal

Fresh from a pivotal deal that transformed ESR into Asia’s largest property manager, chairman Jeffrey Perlman is bulking up on the physical assets that power Asia’s digital boom such as data centers, ...

Philippines’ DoubleDragon Hotel Unit Bets On Post-Pandemic Tourism Recovery With Japan, Southeast Asia Expansion

A porter pushes a trolley laden with luggage at a Hotel 101 property, operated by DoubleDragon … [+] Properties Corp., in Manila, the Philippines, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Photographer: Veejay Vil...

Goldman’s Bitcoin Skepticism Is Warning To Asian Banks

A man wearing a mask stands next to a bus stop covered with a Bitcoin advertisement in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The overwhelming FOMO dynamic emanating from c...