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[video] Asean leads the world

May 3, 2013 8:06am by beyondbrics

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The top emerging stock markets over the past two years were the Philippines and Thailand. Denise Law, director of financial research at the FT’s newly launched Asean Confidential service, discusses with Long View columnist John Authers what’s driving southeast Asian stocks and what risks and opportunities lie ahead.

Tags: Asean, Asia equities, video Posted in Asia, Philippines, Thailand | Permalink

Apollo looks to Thailand for Asean access and production

Apr 22, 2013 11:25am by Avantika Chilkoti

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Apollo Tyres, the Indian tyre manufacturer which currently produces out of India, the Netherlands and South Africa, is now looking east.

Early next month, the company will open an office in Bangkok after which it plans to roll out production facilities in the country. Continue reading »

Tags: Apollo Tyres, Asean, tyremakers Posted in Asia, India | Permalink

Asean FDI future brighter than China’s

Mar 15, 2013 12:07pm by Jonathan Wheatley

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Foreign direct investment into the Asean countries has risen strongly in the past few years and is now on a par with FDI into China. As Hak Bin Chua, Asean economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes in a report on Friday, this “is in sharp contrast to a decade ago, when there were widespread fears that Asean would be marginalised by China’s rise.”

The change is partly a result of political issues such as recent territorial tensions between Japan and China which are diverting some Japanese investment south. But is is also driven by social and economic factors such as demographics that will not change direction any time soon. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, FDI Posted in Asia, Cambodia, China, Global, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam | Permalink

Philippines GDP: from the erratic to the consistent

Jan 31, 2013 8:19am by Roel Landingin

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The Philippine economy grew 6.6 per cent in 2012, accelerating from just 3.9 per cent growth the previous year. That’s good news for investors whose confidence in the southeast Asian nation is already remarkably strong. Just in the past four weeks, the stock market (see chart left) has breached closing records a dozen times. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, GDP, Philippines economy Posted in Asia, Philippines | Permalink

Asean: outsourcing from near and far

Jan 29, 2013 11:28am by Peter Vanham

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The great outsourcing story used to be from Europe to India (IT) and China (manufacturing). But now southeast Asian countries are the preferred destination, and not just for western companies. India and China are outsourcing to their Asean neighbours too.

That’s according to Adecco, the world’s largest provider of HR services, which says its clients increasingly want to hire in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Continue reading »

Tags: Adecco, Asean, outsourcing Posted in Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam | Permalink

Indonesia football: English clubs pitch for fans as local league falls apart

Jan 29, 2013 7:42am by Ben Bland

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Football is far and away the most popular sport in Indonesia and, with the domestic game in a sorry state, clubs from the English Premier League are looking to cash in.

In the latest round, Arsenal have just announced that they will play a friendly match against a national team in July, marking the team’s return to the country after a 31-year absence. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, consumers, football, sports, UK Posted in Asia, Indonesia | Permalink

Thai auto industry still rolling

Jan 24, 2013 10:00am by Jake Maxwell Watts

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Photo: Bloomberg

Anyone ever stuck in Bangkok traffic is probably thrilled that Thai car sales are set to fall steeply this year but, perhaps surprisingly, car executives are still bullish on the country.

Why? Not because they think they can convince locals to keep buying cars for their slow commutes but because the country, despite devastating floods in 2011, is still an attractive manufacturing base for exports to the rest of the fast-growing Asean region. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, autos, consumption, natural disasters, subsidies Posted in Asia, Thailand | Permalink

Guest post: China and Asean – it cuts both ways

Jan 24, 2013 9:01am by beyondbrics

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By Leif Eskesen of HSBC Global Research

China’s spectacular economic rise has had profound implications for the global economy and brought significant benefits to neighbouring countries, including the Asean-5: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. However, China has also gained from their economic climb. These two-way benefits have come from surging trade, investment and tourism flows in both directions. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, FDI, investment, tourism, trade Posted in Asia, China, Global, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam | Permalink

Asean catches up with China in global FDI race

Jan 9, 2013 11:30am by Stefan Wagstyl

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More evidence of a shift in foreign direct investment away from China to other emerging Asian economies, headed by Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India.

HSBC says in a report that south east Asia’s share of global FDI inflows, which slumped from 8 per cent to 2 per cent after the 1998 Asian financial crisis, is back to 7.6 per cent – almost equal to China’s 8.1 per cent. With their young populations, these countries and India should see further FDI increases from companies looking to capitalise on low-cost labour, while Chinese inflows will slow as its population ages and its economy matures. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, FDI, labour costs Posted in Asia, China, Global, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam | Permalink

[video] DBS: Asia is resilient, but uneven

Nov 5, 2012 12:25pm by beyondbrics

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Piyush Gupta, chief executive of DBS, talks to the FT’s Jeremy Grant about Chinese non-performing loans, India’s urgent need for political reform and the booming economies of southeast Asia.

Tags: Asean, Asian economies, DBS, video Posted in Asia | Permalink

Thai exporters get Myanmar boost

Nov 2, 2012 4:30am by Gwen Robinson

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Rapid economic reform in Myanmar and the easing of western sanctions have been touted as great news for the country’s people and economy.

But the benefits are not confined by borders. The country’s opening up is also giving exporters in neighbouring Thailand a badly-needed boost amid a steady slide in demand from other parts of the world. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, trade Posted in Thailand | Permalink

SE Asia: business confidence droops

Oct 11, 2012 9:35am by Jeremy Grant

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The conventional wisdom for the past six months has been that south-east Asia is pretty much the last man standing in the global economy.

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore have delivered decent growth, thanks to strong domestic demand and, even as the eurozone crisis and China’s deceleration have buffeted them.

But the region may be starting to slow. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, Asian economies, GDP, industrial production, trade, trade finance Posted in Asia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam | Permalink

Guest post: Asean capital flows and credit – friends and foes

Sep 3, 2012 4:00am by Stefan Wagstyl

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By Leif Eskesen of HSBC

The Asean-5 economies – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam – recovered very rapidly from the global financial crisis in 2008-09 on the back of sound economic fundamentals and a heavy and well-targeted dose of monetary and fiscal stimulus.

However, except for Vietnam, the recovery was aided by strong capital inflows that poured into the region following the crisis. The attraction was that these countries offered far better growth and interest rates than were available in the West. Moreover, exceptionally loose monetary policies in these advanced economies pushed capital flows into the region. Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, capital flows, credit, guest post Posted in Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam | Permalink

Guest post: home demand drives Asean

Mar 7, 2012 4:45am by beyondbrics

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By Leif Eskesen of HSBC Global Research

The global economic backdrop remains decidedly challenging, although there have been signs of stabilisation in recent months. So how are the Asean-5 economies of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam holding up? Continue reading »

Tags: Asean, economy, guest post, monetary policy Posted in Asia, Global, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam | Permalink

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Tag: Asean

[video] Asean leads the world

Apollo looks to Thailand for Asean access and production

Asean FDI future brighter than China’s

Philippines GDP: from the erratic to the consistent

Asean: outsourcing from near and far

Indonesia football: English clubs pitch for fans as local league falls apart

Thai auto industry still rolling

Guest post: China and Asean – it cuts both ways

Asean catches up with China in global FDI race

[video] DBS: Asia is resilient, but uneven

Thai exporters get Myanmar boost

SE Asia: business confidence droops

Guest post: Asean capital flows and credit – friends and foes

Guest post: home demand drives Asean

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