Brunei: Record keeping can help SMEs attract investors, expand operations FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016 – PROPER record keeping can help local entrepreneurs attract foreign investors and expand their business overseas. Siti Nur Quthairah Shah Johan, a finance officer from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), said maintaining and keeping proper records of transactions will show potential […]
Read MoreThailand: Post-Brexit offshore fund inflows to strengthen the baht Friday, 12 Aug 2016 – Kasikornbank (KBank) has revised upward its year-end forecast for the baht to 35.50 against the US dollar from the prior 36.20, citing a wave of offshore fund inflows in the wake of Brexit. Britain’s vote to leave the EU and the […]
Read MoreThailand:Bad loans ready to peak Friday, 12 Aug 2016 – The surge in bad loans is expected to peak in the third quarter and take a bite out of commercial banks’ quarterly earnings, says a senior central bank official. Non-performing loans (NPLs) associated with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and housing are expected to rise […]
Read MoreVietnam: Credit rises 8.54% by July 29 Friday, 12 August 2016 – Credit rose 8.54 per cent by July 29 against late last year while mobilised capital surged 9.94 per cent, the State Bank of Vi?t Nam reported yesterday. At a meeting held in Hà N?i yesterday to review banking operations in H1 and outline […]
Read MoreVietnam: PVN expects to reach target despite low global oil prices Friday, 12 August 2016 – The Vi?t Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) earned VN?253 trillion (US$11.3 billion) in revenue and paid VN?50.7 trillion to the State budget in the first seven months of this year. ?? Chí Thanh, PVN deputy general director, […]
Read MoreSingapore: Asean now biggest market for Singapore Friday, 12 August 2016 – South-east Asia has overtaken the United States to become the largest market for Singapore’s goods and services, according to Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) data yesterday. It noted that the combined demand from the top five economies in Asean outside Singapore – […]
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