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Asia credit roars into new year on looming debt
SINGAPORE: A busy start to the year for Asia’s debt markets reflects global cash pouring into the region and companies in a hurry to lock in funding before a record pile of dues must be repaid.
Insight - Saudi Arabia’s double-edged gift for US shale
SAUDI Arabia certainly put the “rollover” in, well, rollover on Tuesday. Having spent most of 2020 playing disciplinarian in the Opec+ group, the oil giant took the hit itself at the end of the latest meeting.
Oil prices jump 5% on OPEC+ output talks, Iran tension
NEW YORK: Oil prices climbed nearly 5% on Tuesday after news that Saudi Arabia will make voluntary cuts to its oil output, while international political tension simmered over Iran's seizure of a South Korean vesse
Malaysia to record GDP growth of 5.1% in 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: After an eventful 2020 which pushes the global economy towards recession, including Malaysia, the after-effects are expected to be shallow this year as the economy makes a come back.
Delisting China firms harms US financial market
BEIJING: The American brand of rules-based free market economy suffers another blow as the New York Stock Exchange, demanded by an ill-based executive order of the current US administration issued in November, moved recently to delist three major Chinese telecom operators.
China stocks notch strong start to year on growth outlook
SHANGHAI: China stocks kicked off 2021 on a firm note on Monday, after a survey pointing to a continued recovery in the world's second-largest economy bolstered investor sentiment.
Fund managers share their views on outlook and challenges
IT was a year full of surprises and of many unprecedented events. Who knew a virus outbreak could shut down global economies, force countries to close their borders and ground airlines?
Draghi’s capitalist model that recast Italy is running aground
ON June 2,1992, Italy’s then-chief Treasury official, Mario Draghi, stepped aboard Queen Elizabeth II’s yacht, Britannia, docked near Rome, to ask a group of British bankers for help in slimming down the country’s bloated public sector.
Boost for industrial, supply chains
BEIJING: Building more independent and controllable industrial and supply chains will help China better cope with short-term risks amid the Covid-19 pandemic and deeply participate in the reconstruction of global supply chains for long-term benefits, experts and company executives said.
Investors shrug off Vietnam manipulator tag status
HANOI: Traders in Vietnamese assets aren’t likely to be ruffled by the US Treasury’s move to designate the Asian nation a currency manipulator.
