International Organizations ASEAN

  • There is room for BI to cut rates: OCBC

    Wellian Wiranto, economist at OCBC, says despite China worries, he still expects a rate cut from the Indonesia central bank.

  • ASEAN won't become fully integrated: Investor

    Nationalistic ownership laws that exist in certain member countries could pose a hurdle to the ASEAN Economic Community, , explains Jalil Rasheed, investment director at Invesco.

  • SEA budget carriers get a fillip from open sky policy

    The ASEAN Single Aviation Market, which is still a work-in-progress, allows regional airlines to fly from their home base to any other point in Southeast Asia, explains Alan Tan, professor of Aviation Law at the National University of Singapore.

  • AEC is a journey, not a single event: EY

    Challenges lie ahead for the ASEAN Economic Communityy (AEC) due to the diversity of member nations and their economies, says Tan Bin Eng, ASEAN government and public sector tax leader at EY.

  • Don't expect a 'big bang' from the AEC: Mizuho

    A milestone for Southeast Asia would be more seamless labor mobility, which could give the poorer economies a lift, explains Vishnu Varathan, senior economist at Mizuho Bank.

  • Here's how to play the ASEAN integration story

    Buying Southeast Asian regional banks would be a good way to get exposure to the ASEAN Economic Community, advises Michael Preiss, executive director at Taurus Wealth Advisors.

  • AEC will benefit big economies, and small ones: StanChart

    Jeff Ng, Southeast Asia economist at Standard Chartered, details how the AEC will be a positive for larger economies such as Thailand and Malaysia, as well as smaller economies like Cambodia and Laos.

  • What's the potential of the AEC?

    The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has vast potential because it creates a single market between 10 member states, but it still has some challenges to overcome.

  • AEC will be a gradual process: HSBC

    The ASEAN Economic Community is the most ambitious project that the association has undertaken,but policies will be implemented in phases over years, says Frederic Neumann, MD and co-head of Asian economics research at HSBC.

  • TPP is good news for Vietnam: Jefferies

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership gives Vietnam access to big market. But countries outside the trade deal are feeling isolated, says Sean Darby, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies.

  • ASEAN will rely on domestic demand: StanChart

    Jeff Ng, Southeast Asian economist at Standard Chartered, says ASEAN countries' economic outlook will depend on the resilience of their domestic demand.

  • Asia should be ready for Fed hike: OECD

    Rintaro Tamaki, deputy Secretary General at OECD, discusses Asia's readiness to withstand a Fed rate hike and China's economic slowdown.

  • Guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (right), with a French anti-submarine frigate during exercises earlier this year.

    Defense Secretary Ash Carter flew to a U.S. aircraft carrier transiting the South China Sea and blamed China for rising tension in the region.

  • Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21, 2015.

    A joint statement at the end of a Southeast Asian regional defense forum has been scrapped amid a U.S.-China spat over the South China Sea.

  • Asean market selloff was exaggerated: Investor

    Jalil Rasheed, investment director at Invesco, explains why a Fed rate hike would have minimal impact on Southeast Asian markets.

  • Widely publicized jeremiads about emerging markets are mainly referring to East Asia's developing economies. They are totally wrong.

  • How to invest in China 2.0

    Mark Tinker, head of AXA Framlington Asia, outlines the changes in China's investment landscape as its economy rebalances.

  • US ambassador: Seeing positive progress in ASEAN

    Nina Hachigian, Ambassador, U.S. Mission to ASEAN, says the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) demonstrates the "strong political will" in Southeast Asia.

  • CABA: SEA businesses hope TPP, RCEP can co-exist

    Pushpanathan Sundram, chairman of China-ASEAN Business Association (CABA), outlines his expectations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

  • How Greece impacts EU-ASEAN relations

    Michael Pulch, the European Union's Ambassador to Singapore, doesn't believe Greece's troubled economy will impact bilateral trade between Europe and Asia.