Trusted Insights. Asian Perspective.
China and India have reaffirmed a strategic and long-term view of their relationship at the BRICS summit, signalling an effort to stabilise ties despite unresolved border and geopolitical tensions.
Tesla has established a corporate unit in Vietnam, giving the electric-vehicle manufacturer a formal platform from which to assess sales, charging infrastructure and longer-term investment in a fast-growing Southeast Asian market.
Malaysia’s labour market continues to grow, but employers and jobseekers face a widening mismatch between available roles and concentrated candidate skills.
The ECB’s longer-lasting energy shock warning raises the prospect of persistent inflation, restrictive rates and uneven demand across European markets.
The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan face unusually consequential policy meetings as renewed inflation fears, higher oil prices and a global bond sell-off test their credibility. Investors are pressing both central banks to demonstrate that policy can respond to changing price conditions without triggering an unnecessarily sharp slowdown or destabilising currencies.
President Donald Trump has pushed back against calls to slow frontier artificial-intelligence development, arguing that the United States must preserve its lead over China. He acknowledged that guardrails could be introduced but offered no specific framework, placing competitive speed at the centre of policy as researchers and industry leaders raise more urgent safety concerns.
OpenAI will not go public in 2026, with Sam Altman signalling that AI safety and governance concerns take priority over one of the technology sector’s most anticipated IPOs.
Malaysia can strengthen smaller-company financing by improving liquidity, governance and progression across Bursa Malaysia's existing Main, ACE and LEAP markets.
Malaysia's technology rally offers structural AI and semiconductor opportunities, but elevated valuations make order conversion, margins and cash flow decisive.
Lark Distilling is using Tasmanian provenance, Asian distribution and travel retail to pursue premium whisky growth while investors watch margins and cash conversion.
