Last October, Hong Kong’s highest-ranking financial minister trooped to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city and the home of the Tadawul, its stock exchange. Surrounded by Saudi officials, Paul Chan ...

Central Asia is emerging as one of the most attractive destinations for financial flows from the Middle East. According to Arab News, investments from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in ...

SINGAPORE - Asia depends on oil and gas from the Middle East, sourcing 60% of its crude from the region, making it highly vulnerable if the Iran war causes ⁠a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz ...

Not so long ago, trade between the Gulf region and Asia was a fairly simple affair. Energy in the form of oil and gas flowed east, and to pay for it all, capital flowed west. But in recent years, ...

Natural gas prices have risen sharply amid fears that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East will squeeze global LNG supplies. Analysts say a sustained price hike risks renewed fiscal pressures and ...