Sentences with phrase «asia as the region»

We have come a long way from our view of Asia as a region at the very edge of our awareness in 1984.

«We see Southeast Asia as a region with huge growth potential for WeLab due to its high percentage of unbanked population (73 % out of 600 million) which makes it impossible to borrow and its high mobile penetration rate (133 %),» said Loong.

Kernel chief operating officer Konstantin Litvinsky said the Black Sea could meet rising demand in south - east Asia as the region's big flour millers became less reliant on the Australian wheat, which had been a cornerstone of their operations.

The plan positions Asia as the region with the sharpest growth and calls for tripling Chinese sales from the 2005 figure to 600,000 vehicles by building up dealer and service networks for such models as the Corolla and Camry.

Not exact matches

Southeast Asia is seeing increasing potential as a yachting region, industry players told CNBC.

A few years later, with the U.S. market in a nose - dive, Flying Colours decided to find new customers in the Asia - Pacific region, which wasn't experiencing the same kind of economic implosion as North America and Europe.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

The fundamentals still point to a natural gas surplus in North America — especially in B.C. and Alberta, distant as they are from major consuming regions — and a relative shortage in Asia.

Slattery also described Asia as a «big target market,» with a third of the 150 - seat market located in this region.

OPEC's supply curtailments and the threat of new sanctions are occurring just as demand in Asia, the biggest oil - consuming region, has risen to a record as new and expanded refineries start up from China to Vietnam.

Failure will diminish the region's promise, and more companies will move to Europe or Asia, as the Ford Focus has just done, leaving U.S. suppliers bereft.

«We are committed to Vietnam as a market and we want to be our customers» preferred partner in developing wind power projects,» Alvaro Bilbao, CEO of Siemens Gamesa in the Asia - Pacific region, said in a statement.

«Management highlighted its global expansion as a new leg of growth opening 10 offices in the last two years and adding key hires with experiences in overseeing Europe and Asia regions,» writes Marsh.

In the Asia - Pacific region, 57 percent cited business sale or profit as a source of wealth — far more than in the U.S. South Africa (68 percent) and Latin America (58 percent) were also higher.

Obama had framed TPP without China in an effort to write Asia's trade rules before Beijing could, establishing U.S. economic leadership in the region as part of his «pivot to Asia.»

For the first time, Asia overtook North America as the region with the second - largest growth in ultra-high-net individuals.

Asia has displayed the strongest growth of any emerging region, as well as favorable trends in inflation and current accounts measures (Source: IMF, Bloomberg).

The region - wide MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was marked 0.01 % higher by 09:00 BST while Japan's Nikkei 225 ended the session 0.2 % higher at 19,590.76 points as the yen weakened against a resurgent U.S. dollar.

And as the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada's own 2017 National Opinion Poll: Canadian Millennial Views on Asia revealed, Canadian millennials (aged 18 - 34) are more positive about Asia in general and more engaged with the region through work, travel, language, and social networks than any generation before them.

HONG KONG Hong Kong - based private equity firm PAG is planning a new Asia fund that aims to raise as much as $ 6 billion, two people with knowledge of the plan said, potentially adding to a massive pool of buyout money for acquisitions in the region.

But what is standing in Canada's way as our country attempts to better diversify and engage with the Asia Pacific region?

Asia / Pacific, which had been a source of growth in recent years, has turned into a sore spot for the company, as that region's economic growth has slowed.

As we've observed throughout this report, the game has changed for PE firms trying to navigate a significantly more challenging Asia - Pacific region.

The Australian office is known as the marketing hub for the Asia - Pacific region, from which Uber recently made a dramatic retreat when it sold its south - east Asian ridesharing business to Indonesian competitor Grab, albeit retaining a 27.5 per cent stake in the acquirer.

«The TPP is one of the most ambitious trade agreements in history, and as Canada's Pacific Gateway, the deal promises to further deepen British Columbia's trade ties in the dynamic and fast growing Asia - Pacific region,» added Black.

As investors slow their capital flows to the Asia - Pacific region, they are also becoming increasingly disciplined about which firms they will invest with.

As shown in the graph below, the number of immigrants from the Asia Pacific region is fairly large compared to other regions.

Through the storefront, Fliggy's PPP functionality will be offered to qualified Fliggy users at more than 1,000 hotels globally, including more than 270 hotels in the Greater China region, where the service is already available, and in high - demand locations throughout the Asia - Pacific region, such as Australia, Japan, the Maldives, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.

Mr. Lindsay's experience includes almost two decades with CIBC World Markets Inc., where he ultimately served as President after periods as Head of Investment and Corporate Banking and Head of the Asia Pacific Region.

Bain's survey respondents indicated that Southeast Asia has almost supplanted Greater China as the top destination for deals in the region.

As for China and the rest of Asia, a recent special report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) calculates the cost to modernize the region's infrastructure at between $ 22.6 trillion and $ 26 trillion from 2016 to 2030.

Pierre Trudeau had always been fascinated by Asia: he had backpacked through the region in 1948, wrote a book on China in 1956, and as Prime Minister had recognized the People's Republic of China diplomatically years before President Nixon's famous trip to Beijing.

Also important to Canadian exporters is the fact that ASEAN can act as a gateway to other regions and countries in Asia.

2015.09.15 Asia - Pacific Solidifies Position As World's Top Wealth Market With China and India leading the way, the region...

But their counterparts in Asia and Latin America have, historically, found it more difficult to set up centralized liquidity pools covering all markets in the region as a result of diverse regulatory approaches and capital controls.

As business leaders, we support efforts to forge closer economic relationships with Europe and the Asia - Pacific region as a wholAs business leaders, we support efforts to forge closer economic relationships with Europe and the Asia - Pacific region as a wholas a whole.

For Canadians, the Korean market has a well - earned reputation as a tough environment, but its firms are dynamic players in the Asia Pacific region where Canadian firms look to be For Canadians, the Korean market has a well - earned reputation as a tough environment, but its firms are dynamic players in the Asia Pacific region where Canadian firms look to be more engaged.

For Canadians, the Korean market has a well - earned reputation as a tough environment, but its firms are dynamic players in the Asia Pacific region where Canadian firms look to be more engaged.

As the election results were confirmed late Tuesday night in the United States (around midday Wednesday in Asia), we had a pretty violent reaction in many markets and across asset classes and regions.

By adding frontier markets into a portfolio, investors get exposure to under - represented regions such as Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as a broadened opportunity set in Asia and the Americas.

This is especially important as the potential in Canada - Korea relations moves beyond the purely bilateral sphere of the past 50 years to more cooperation on international issues of common concern, such as the health of the global economy, effective global governance in the G20 and elsewhere, and preserving a peaceful and secure Asia Pacific region.

Perhaps it seems downbeat to characterize Canada as playing catch - up in the region given the government's recent achievements with trading partners in Asia.

He cited as evidence his numerous trips to Asia - Pacific countries, Prime Minister Harper's visits to the region, including visits to China and India,...

Xi's announcement was timely, as the PRC's role in the Asia - Pacific region is larger, broader, and more heavily contested than ever.President Xi made the announcement during a speech to industry leaders at the opening of the Asia Pacific Economic...

The MSCI index tracking shares in the Asia - Pacific region (excluding Japan) finally reached a new all - time high on Monday, as it caught up with its previous high from 2007.

Xi's announcement was timely, as the PRC's role in the Asia - Pacific region is larger, broader, and more heavily contested than ever.President Xi made the announcement during a speech to industry leaders at the opening of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing this week.

Geopolitically, it also increases Russia's credibility as a player in Asia's energy markets, which is of significance to competing suppliers in the Asia Pacific region, Canada included.

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«There is no doubt that recent residential market cooling measures in Asia have acted as a spur for many investors from that region to look further afield,» the report explains.