Bloomberg Malaysia’s new central bank governor presides over her first interest-rate meeting in a better position than most of her peers in Southeast Asia. Unlike her counterparts in Indonesia and the Philippines — who are ramping up rate hikes to defend their currencies — Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus doesn’t have to do anything for now. Even in Thailand, where rates ...

Bloomberg Two Wall Street strategists are casting doubt on one of this year’s most-popular trades: buy small-cap stocks. Don’t be fooled by the consensus that smaller companies are better positioned to weather a global trade war, Barclays’ Maneesh Deshpande said. While it’s true that their domestic focus makes them less vulnerable to trade barriers, their bigger reliance on imports means ...

Bloomberg VP Bank AG, the Liechtenstein-based private bank, is expanding its wealth management operations in Asia as it draws a line under four years of losing clients in Europe due to tax compliance issues. VP Bank has been adding headcount in Singapore and Hong Kong, and is eyeing partnerships with a view to gaining more wealthy Chinese clients, according to ...