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  • Singaporean bank adds to Indian franchise, but profitability of new ventures remains some way off.
  • Vehement opposition to the latest dual-class share proposal from the institutional investor community means HKEX will have to go back to the drawing board.
  • The Sultan of Johor stresses he needs to earn a living just like his fellow countrymen. His investments, often alongside those of billionaire Vincent Tan, span telecoms, supermarket chains and property. But will the ambitious developments he’s backed in his home state prove a royal flush or a real estate bust?
  • Though the banking battleground in fast-modernizing Indonesia is new, the combatants include some of its oldest and most controversial business clans.
  • Over a 20-year career, the still youthful Kartika Wirjoatmodjo has built a reputation as Indonesia’s financial Mr Fixit. Now, the popular banker has a new challenge – to build Bank Mandiri into a domestic leader with aspirations across southeast Asia. Is it his biggest challenge yet?
  • While foreign investment banks await Vietnam’s promotion to full MSCI emerging-market status, local investment bank Viet Capital Securities is wasting no time, setting records in its home market with some of the biggest share sales in years.
  • Growth is strong, the banks have shed the worst of their bad loans and even the IPO market is enjoying a gala year. Are the good times here to stay or could Vietnam be brought down to earth again soon?
  • Thailand’s infrastructure is in dire need of an overhaul. The ruling military junta hopes to solve that problem with a host of big-ticket projects – some PPPs, others funded by China. But that is just the start of the problem for a financially and demographically stressed country likely to grow old before it gets rich.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi surprised many when it bought Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya in 2013. Defying the critics, the Japanese lender’s gamble has bagged it a consumer-finance powerhouse, while Krungsri benefits from BTM’s institutional strength and client roster.
  • Nestor Espenilla was a surprise choice as governor of the Philippines central bank – but probably the right one. Tough on financial rule breakers and devoted to financial inclusion, he gives the impression of being good in a crisis.
  • The world sees Rodrigo Duterte as a hothead populist, waging a bloody drugs war against insurgents, but to most of his compatriots, he’s the reformer the country needs. His aims, including shaking up taxes to pay for infrastructure and targeting an energy revolution, are bold. His choices for the crucial finance ministry and central bank roles look sound. But will they succeed?
  • Since dealing with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan as the Philippines’ finance minister, Cesar Purisima has become one of the most eloquent spokesmen for how finance can help nations vulnerable to climate change.