After 18 months of travel restrictions, a number of countries in South-east Asia have begun opening their borders to foreign visitors to stoke recovery in their respective tourism industries.
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A record initial public offering from Indonesian e-commerce platform Bukalapak underscores the growth of South-east Asia’s digital economy during Covid-19, and has the potential to trigger further tech listings in the region’s maturing market.
The coronavirus pandemic gave rise to a massive acceleration in the spread of digital payments and cryptocurrency. This in turn has prompted central banks around the world to trial central bank digital currencies, a digital form of hard currency that is based on blockchain, but backed and issued by a central bank.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are increasingly shaping the global corporate agenda.
After a year of external expansion and internal reorganisation due to Covid-19, South-east Asia’s super apps appear to be looking towards mergers and public listings as a strategy for future development.
– Thailand and Malaysia led the region in terms of government stimulus
– Key digital solutions were developed in food delivery, education, health care and finance
– Despite falling globally, M&A increased in Asia throughout the year
– Emerging markets in ASEAN stand to benefit from the supply chain shift away from China