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Garden of opportunity
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 21/12/2015
» A group of business owners from Thailand and Vietnam gathered in Ho Chi Minh City recently to deepen their growing business interactions as part of a drive to meet the goals set for 2020 by the leaders of the two countries.
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More volatility ahead for Asian markets
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 27/07/2015
» Asian markets are likely to remain volatile in the face of continuing global weakness, although investors would be better off putting their money into markets such as Europe and the United States, according to Kelvin Tay, the regional chief investment officer of UBS.
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El Nino delivers a wake-up call
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 29/06/2015
» El Nino has arrived, so they say, and it could not have come at a worse time for countries across the region, especially Thailand.
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Economic storm clouds building
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/05/2015
» It's never easy deciding what to write about in this space each week, given all the issues facing this vibrant region. Lately we've seen a grim run of news ranging from the tragic earthquake in Nepal to the shocking (but not totally surprising) discovery of migrant "death camps" in Thailand.
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New wave of leaders will keep Asia growing, says UBS
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 18/08/2014
» Markets in Asia have a lot of upside potential in light of major leadership changes that have taken place in key regional economies, say some leading investors in the region.
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Asia seen as resilient to post-QE slowdown
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 25/08/2014
» Although interest rate increases by central banks in major western economies could lead to more subdued capital markets in those regions for a short time, the prospects for Asia remain vibrant, says an international finance and investment strategist.
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Fasten your seatbelts
Asia focus, Umesh Pandey, Published on 28/10/2013
» Although the global economic outlook for next year is improving as the United States and Europe recover, capital markets will remain volatile as the US Federal Reserve tapers its quantitative easing measures, likely by the end of the first quarter or early second quarter, say top regional analysts.
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Colombo calling
Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 11/06/2012
» Thailand- or Asean-based companies looking to enter the lucrative Indian and Pakistani markets are being encouraged to set up operations in Sri Lanka to make use of the favourable free trade agreements it has with the two countries.
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No turning back
Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 14/05/2012
» As Aung San Suu Kyi, new passport in hand, prepares for her first trip out of Myanmar in nearly a quarter century, investors and analysts are flocking in, hoping that recent gestures of democratic reform will prevail.
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Challenges on the new frontier
Business, Umesh Pandey, Published on 20/02/2012
» Myanmar, the new frontier of Southeast Asia, is unlikely to reverse the course of its current reform drive, and Thai businesses are being urged not to miss the boat the way they did when Vietnam began opening up to the world two decades ago.
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