Robo-advisory services

How artificial intelligence is shaking up the financial industry

Singapore is betting on robo-advisory services to boost people’s prospects on the stock market
By Euan Black • Aug 28, 2017

Peer-to-peer lending

Why e-commerce firms could replace banks as the region’s leading lenders

The simultaneous rise of peer-to-peer lending and big data could drastically change the region's banking industry
By Euan Black • Aug 28, 2017

In Southeast Asia, the US can’t seem to decide if human rights matter

Deteriorating relations between the US and Cambodia reached a new low this week with the shuttering of a US-backed democracy organization. At the same time, President Trump has embraced Southeast Asian leaders with plenty of their own baggage Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (2-L), Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte (C), Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc (2-R), and Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith (L) attend the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on Asean in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 11 May 2017. Photo: EPA/Mak Remissa
By Nathan Paul Southern • Aug 25, 2017

A leisurely lunch with two of Cambodia’s culinary kings

Focus Cambodia sat down with Cambodian chef Luu Meng and his business partner Arnaud Darc at their restaurant Malis in Phnom Penh to discuss the Kingdom’s dining renaissance
By Paul Millar • Aug 25, 2017

Arrest warrant issued for former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

Thailand’s Supreme Court postpones verdict after the former Thai leader said she was too sick to attend a sentencing hearing in a case that could see her face 10 years in jail
By Madeleine Keck • Aug 25, 2017

Manulife CEO

It's about long-term relationships with customers

Manulife just celebrated its 5th birthday in Cambodia. With a dynamic population and an economy on the rise, this is just the beginning for Manulife Cambodia as well as the country’s life insurance industry
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 25, 2017

US and Cambodia fire diplomatic shots after closure of NGO

Exchanges between the countries have grown increasingly heated after a US-funded democracy NGO was shut down and independent media outlets put on alert
By Nathan Paul Southern • Aug 24, 2017

Cambodia

Coffee culture with a ‘Khmer touch’

Home-grown success story Brown Coffee is taking on the international brands pouring into Cambodia
By Claire Knox • Aug 24, 2017