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Sustaining Asean's investment boom
Business, Suvir Varma, Alex Boulton & Sharad Apte, Published on 09/01/2019
» Venture capital and private equity investment in Southeast Asia have soared to record levels as scores of new investors pour into the region. In 2017, the number of recorded venture capital deals rose to 524, four times the level of 2012, and private equity deal value rose 75% to US$15 billion.
Wild ride in China
Business, Raymond Tsang & Sharad Apte, Published on 29/06/2018
» China has quickly become the world's largest mobility market, as consumers embrace new digital practices arising from the convergence of innovations in the automotive, technology and e-commerce fields. The robust growth will likely continue, fuelled by US$50 billion in investments that took place from 2014 to 2017.
How oil and gas firms can thrive in a smaller profit pool
Business, Juan Carlos Gay, Dale Hardcastle & Sharad Apte, Published on 22/06/2018
» Buoyancy has returned to the oil and gas industry as prices stabilise in the range of US$50 to $70 per barrel. Capital spending is rebounding and new upstream projects are being launched weekly. In previous cycles, this is about the point where executives forgot the hard-won lessons of the downturn and began to spend again, pursing growth at the cost of efficiency.