New daily infections have slowed to fewer than one per million people, the least among major economies except China, and fatalities have fallen to zero

New report from the Economist Intelligence Unit puts Singapore up two places in its index to joint second with Paris

Markets have plunged as nations shut doors on travellers from southern Africa. The WTO has had to put off its summit next week amid alarm over the 'more infectious' Omicron variant.

Canadian-based multinational insurance giant aims to earn half of core earnings from Asia by 2025, up from 41% at the end of 2020

Pandemic-induced shutdowns and slowing Chinese growth have hurt states across Asia. Activity in Japan was sluggish in Sept and slow in Malaysia, Vietnam. Indonesia and India fared better.

Asia will transition from lockdowns to living with the pandemic by year-end, and by the end of 2022 will be a growth outperformer, Morgan Stanley says

Bourses overcome early drops on concern that Delta variant is slowing China recovery; oil falls; Fed keeps investors buoyant

As US central bankers meet in Wyoming for the Fed's annual symposium, investors weigh renewed geopolitical risks following the Kabul bombing; oil continues run of gains

Delta variant threat to recovery boost hopes US central bankers will hold back on stimulus withdrawal; dollar rebounds from slump

While the Delta variant remains cause for concern, bargain hunting and Fed comment that hints at a slowing of taper plans help erode last week’s losses; bitcoin surges past $50K

Morgan Stanley returns to No-1 slot for global equity revenue thanks to Asia Goldman Sachs highlights ICBC wealth management opportunity...

US banking giant’s finance chief says a slowdown in institutional businesses and higher expenses would affect the group’s bottom line...