Weichai positions Vietnam as part of its green powertrain push
Weichai’s Hanoi showcase is a market signal for Southeast Asia’s transport, logistics and industrial-equipment markets as suppliers test multiple routes beyond diesel-only powertrains.
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FWD and Ascend Asia point to open-architecture advice competition in Singapore
FWD Singapore and Ascend Asia’s partnership gives a market signal on how insurers and advisory platforms are competing for customers, advisers and wealth-management flows.
Cognizant and Gulf Edge target enterprise AI demand in Thailand
Cognizant and Gulf Edge are positioning Thailand as a regional enterprise-AI market, combining systems-integration capability with Gulf’s digital infrastructure arm.
SuperX and Mercuria link AI infrastructure growth to energy capacity
SuperX and Mercuria Asia are tying AI data-centre expansion to power optimisation, capital and energy-market capability, giving Southeast Asia a market signal on where AI infrastructure constraints are moving.
HKTDC frames Kuala Lumpur forum as a Hong Kong-Malaysia market-entry bridge
The useful signal is not the event itself, but HKTDC’s attempt to turn a Kuala Lumpur forum into a market-entry and business-matching route between Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.
From Cebu to the world: How ArchiGlobal built its way to the top through DOST’s assistance
Philippines Department of Science and Technology News has published a new source-led update on From Cebu to the world: How ArchiGlobal built its way to the top through DOST’s assistance.
DOF: LGUs can reduce assessment levels and tax rates under RPVARA to lower property taxes
The RPVARA update gives local-government and property watchers a clearer read on tax-setting discretion and property-tax policy.
How Group Schools Are Rethinking College Counselling at Scale
College counselling used to be a contained job: one counsellor, one cohort, a familiar shortlist of universities. For a group […]
M-DAQ’s Vietnam move strengthens the payments-infrastructure case for ASEAN expansion
M-DAQ Global says its strategic integration with METech gives the Singapore fintech direct regulated payments infrastructure in Vietnam, adding another corridor to its ASEAN payments platform.
Alpha Ladder uses LEAP East to test a Singapore fintech expansion story in Hong Kong
Alpha Ladder says its LEAP East appearance marked its first public step into the China market, with the Singapore fintech positioning itself around global expansion finance and AI-enabled support.
GXS digital-bank recognition puts embedded finance into ASEAN focus
GXS Group says its Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia digital-bank network has been recognised by Euromoney, with ecosystem finance and AI-enabled credit assessment central to the commercial story.
Singapore animation gains international recognition as The Violinist wins at Annecy
IMDA says The Violinist won the Cristal Award and Best Original Soundtrack at Annecy, creating fresh international recognition for Singapore animation.