South Korea's exports grew at the slowest pace in nearly two years in September. Weaker global demand has put pressure on the trade-dependent economy.
South Korean President met with economic officials on Friday, when the won traded 0.6% higher, amid talk of modest intervention in the forex market. The won hit a 13-year low recently.
A healthy pipeline of deals could make Southeast Asia a rare bright spot for global funds as they grapple with rising finance costs and slumping markets.
Mergers and acquisitions involving firms in China have sunk by a third this year, in line with a global decline, but private equity groups are now eyeing possible deals in India and SE Asia
It was all about currencies again on Thursday as the soaring US dollar continues to hammer the yen, yuan and pound
Democrat leaders are among a bipartisan group who urged Biden to issue an order to "safeguard our national security and supply chain resiliency on outbound investments to foreign adversaries."
Adani said 70% of the $100 billion-plus his group will invest over the next decade will go to "energy transition", adding that they are already the world’s largest solar player
Chinese officials told fund managers and brokers recently to stabilise the market ahead of the Communist Party's five-yearly congress, which will be held in mid-October
Many analysts believe things are set to get worse as tighter monetary policy across the globe raises the risks of a worldwide recession
About 10 officials from the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance have arrived in Hong Kong to aid and monitor the audit inspection, sources say
Core consumer inflation hit 2.8% in August, its fastest since late 2014, which was well over the central bank's target. Price pressure is seen as lasting longer than the BoJ expected
Hedge funds that invest in Greater China are showing their biggest net fund outflows in at least 15 years as fresh allocations are 'stagnant' in the lead-up to the CCP's Congress