KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng expects the country to grow a further 4.9% this year amid a decline in inflationary pressure while an additional 41,000 quality manufacturing jobs are expected to be created in the next two years. In a statement released yesterday, he said the January 2019 Consumer Price Index (CPI) – […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – International hotel groups have brought to Vietnam branded residence, an emerging model of luxury lifestyle products recently. There continues to be a market for luxury residential products in Vietnam in 2019 thanks to the participation of more foreign investors, tolerance of foreign property ownership, and increasing number of domestic high net worth individuals […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The higher fines and new set of penalties under the revised charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas would deter rogue banks from committing violations, according to BSP Assistant Governor and general counsel Elmore Capule. Capule said the administrative sanctions on supervised entities under RA 11211 signed by President Duterte last Feb. […]
Read MoreCambodia has been included on a list of countries “highly vulnerable to money laundering” following reports that show its judicial system has high levels of corruption and that it lacks the will to investigate financial crimes. Global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FAFT) placed the Kingdom in its ‘grey list’ on Friday. In an […]
Read MoreDevelopers are tempting buyers with heavy promotions to clear unsold, ready-to-transfer condo inventory before the new loan-to-value (LTV) limits take effect on April 1. Vichai Viratkapan, acting director-general of the Real Estate Information Center (REIC), said every government measure related to the property sector has an impact on property sales or transfers, as shown by […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s stock exchange plans to cut the minimum trading price for shares and shrink the lot size in its drive to attract more retail investors and boost volumes. The bourse will revise the decade-old requirement for stocks to maintain a floor price of 50 rupiah and lower the minimum order size from 100, Laksono […]
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