Mustafa Ahmed Salman, joint Director of United Securities,
tells Jane Bordenave about recovering from the recession, what the next five years hold for Oman, and the new opportunities for foreign investors

CapitaLand upholds corporate governance and transparency in Asia’s thriving real estate sector

The Indian debt market can be divided into two segments: Indian currency denominated debt and foreign currency denominated debt. Anand Rathi speaks to Lynsey Tempest

China has put big money down on a momentous gamble: rush to build new cities in its poor interior, then wait for people to come and help drive the economy to a new stage of growth

China’s construction of a vast high-speed rail network will bequeath it one of the world’s most advanced rail industries, but it needs to monitor the debts it is running up in the process, according to the World Bank

The Tokyo Stock Exchange hopes that a new trading system and a raft of other reforms will secure its position as a global financial centre

Wedged in by IMF demands for fiscal austerity, Pakistan’s unpopular civilian government has presented a budget that may fail to please both voters hit by tax hikes and investors wary about its optimistic economic forecasts

Japan’s government faces some hard choices to cope with its bulging budget deficit, highlighted by reports that it will have a revenue shortfall in the fiscal year from April 2011

Chinese consumer inflation spurted to a 16-month high in February and a raft of economic data displayed broad-based strength, providing fresh arguments for policy tightening sooner rather than later. The pace of credit growth halved in February, as expected, but some economists said the central bank would probably not wait long before increasing banks’ required […]

Faced with a shortage of small banknotes, people in Myanmar are resorting to bartering cigarettes, shampoo and other items

China easily beat its 2009 growth target after a blistering fourth quarter performance that set the stage for further monetary tightening and put it on course to overtake Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy.

China’s central planners won last year’s race, rushing to shore up growth before collapsing exports dragged down the economy.

Despite the global economic crisis, cross border M&A activity in India is on the rise,say Hemant Sahai and Aparajit Bhattacharya

China Merchants Bank (CMB) has said it is not tempted to accelerate its international expansion through acquisitions as it opened a London office recently to broaden its overseas footprint. The opening of a London representative office by China’s sixth-largest lender follows its launch of a New York branch in October and the buyout of Hong […]

As commerce attempts to get back on the road to recovery new synergies are being forced in seemingly dramatic bids to recapture the confidence of yesteryear. Globalisation may be the solution many are after