The Vibe Asia

Turkish Airlines is drawing connecting traffic from East and Southeast Asia through northern corridors that skirt the most sensitive Middle Eastern airspace. Istanbul's geographic position — straddling Europe and Asia at the edge of the conflict zone — is proving commercially decisive right now.

Most Asian LNG contracts are oil-indexed on a three-month lag. Crude hit USD 100-plus in early March. The second wave of cost pressure arrives in June.

400 million barrels sounds like a lot. Hormuz normally moves 20 million barrels a day. The math is sobering.

Cape EMS posted a net profit of RM7.04 million for the quarter ended December 2025—a RM55.88 million swing from the prior year's loss. The recovery in gross margin from RM0.72 million to RM24.24 million reflects the product mix shift that CEB 2.0 was designed to deliver.

Portfolio outflows of USD 1.1 billion in the first two weeks of March alone. That figure, disclosed by Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo at Tuesday's press conference, explains why a rate cut is now off the table for Indonesia in the near term.

Japan moved to tap its strategic oil reserves as global oil supply concerns intensified.

Kredivo Group commits US$15 million to Vietnam over three years, starting with lending technology migration into Timo's platform.

A 2.1% NPL ratio and a PHP 1.6 billion equity base: Salmon Bank is building the financial foundation for a significant regulatory upgrade in 2026.

Brazil-founded EBANX has been using Singapore as its funds transfer hub since 2015. The March 24 headquarters inauguration makes that relationship official at the regional level.

The Malampaya East-1 gas discovery in January 2026 added an estimated 30% to the field's remaining recoverable volumes, giving the PAP's case for domestic gas maximization firmer supply-side grounding.