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“A warning to the world”

A self-published report that examines the shrinking climate financing pool and how that impacts the climate disaster recovery front for most vulnerable economies in the world.

The Build-Out (Issue 4)

This October 2026 newsletter, explores the global EV market and how new developments may impact China’s ambitious EV agenda, requiring Chinese OEMs to increasingly compete on quality and localisation, rather than pure price in markets like Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Cargo & Capital (Issue 4)

In this September 2026 edition, we examine the impact of the US’ ongoing retreat from global alliances, in particular, Asia-Pacific and its Quad Alliance partners.

Capital controls: a catch-22 for Asian private equity

In this in-house report we explore how US and China’s tightening of outbound capital is fundamentally changing private capital operations across Asia.

Securing Malaysia’s Digital Payments Ecosystem in the AI Era

Writing and designing a report on Visa’s Malaysia Security Roadmap 2026–2028, that sets out six priorities to strengthen trust, resilience and security across Malaysia’s payments ecosystem, preparing the industry for the next stage of digital growth.

Asia Pacific companies are balancing AI ambition with ROI realities

An article written at the back of the KPMG’s Q2 Asia Pulse survey. The piece delves into how Asia Pacific companies are moving fast on AI to unlock higher-quality decision-making and seamless workflow automation, keeping humans in the loop.

Asia Pacific moves from AI adoption to AI advantage

A survey-based article on how Asian companies are investing heavily in AI, accelerating agent deployment and rewiring their workforce.

Asia-Pacific is a promising market for fund finance

A feature article on how amid slowdown in fund activity in Asia-Pacific, the region is increasingly becoming a promising market for fund financing.

Cargo & Capital (Issue 3)

In this August 2026 edition, we examine how geopolitical fragmentation is accelerating a new defence investment cycle and driving the uptake of AI and renewables as key strategies.

Asia’s coal conundrum

In this report, we look at how the Middle East conflict has pushed Asian economies to deepen their coal dependence, amid disruption in global energy supply chains.