The challenges are significant when 85% of the population is unbanked and the country has no capital markets. The acting governor of Da Afghanistan Bank outlines his plans to build from the ground up, promote financial inclusion, and learn from countries like Cambodia.
Cambodia's capital markets are starting to show signs of life as Acleda Bank launches a landmark IPO. The deal could build the momentum the country needs to entice frontier market investors on a more sustainable basis.
Southeast Asia has been an oasis of calm amid generally slowing global economies, but can it maintain this level of placidity? Investors offer their views.
We are setting out the rationale for the choices made in our Country Awards starting with the winners from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong and Hong Kong (Chinese financial institutions).
A dismal human rights record, banking frailty and new elections; how some dedicated private equity firms are battling against the negative news and see light at the end of the tunnel.
Asia’s leading logistics and supply chain solution provider accelerates expansion in Southeast Asia in anticipation of stronger trade and e-commerce activities.
First ever bond issue from Cambodia comes up trumps despite being caught in the crosshairs of emerging market volatility and the deadening weight of Chinese property credits on secondary market spreads.