A customer counts her ringgit notes outside a money changer at the central business district in Singapore in this August 25, 2015 file photo.  Malaysia's ringgit jumped more than 5 percent to a five-week high on October 7, 2015 on stop-loss dollar selling and higher local stocks.  The ringgit, the worst performing Asian currency so far this year, surged as much as 5.2 percent to 4.1600 per dollar, its strongest since Sept 1.     REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files
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Malaysia: Lower crude oil price weighs on ringgit

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit slipped at the opening today on lack of demand for the local currency amid the lower crude oil price, said a dealer. At 9.10am, the ringgit was quoted at 4.1320/1350 against the greenback from 4.1290/1320 recorded yesterday. The crude oil price is currently trading at US$62.75 per barrel, down by 0.33 […]

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Philippines: Inflation cools to 0.8%, slowest in 3½ years

MANILA,Philippines — The rise in the prices of basic goods slowed for the fifth straight month in October, falling to its lowest level in three-and-a-half years, as food and transportation costs continued to decline, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Inflation the measure of the increase in the consumer price index – cooled down […]

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Cambodia: Power trade talks with Thailand are planned

Cambodia is planning talks with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to purchase 300MW of power, Ministry of Mines and Energy official Victor Jona said on Tuesday. Jona, the director-general of the ministry’s General Department of Energy, told The Post that the talks could be held late this month or in early December. Pending […]

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Hanoi, HCMC are top picks for hotel investment in Vietnam

The Hanoitimes – Foreign investors are actively seeking investment opportunities with higher returns in Vietnam via operating hotel assets with in-place cash flow. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two largest metropolises in Vietnam, are expected to remain as the top two destinations for hotel investment in the country, according to JLL Vietnam. They are […]

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Singapore SMEs more targeted in acquisitions but less keen on new economy businesses

Small and medium-sized enterprises are increasingly targeted in their acquisition strategies but they continue to trail their larger counterparts when it comes to investing in startups to leverage their disruptive technologies. “We’ve noticed this shift in the last three years,” says Vikram Chakravarty, EY Asean transaction advisory services leader. “Ten years ago, we didn’t think SMEs […]

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