Apac

India ranks 4th in Apac for real estate capital inflows in H1 2025: Report

India emerged as the 4th-largest destination for real estate capital in H1 2025, driven by strong foreign and domestic investments across residential, office, and industrial assets

Family offices in risk-on mode; bet on AI, private credit: Goldman Sachs

In the next 12 months, 34 per cent of respondents, Goldman Sachs said, intend to reduce their cash balances with many planning to invest in 'risk assets'

KPMG India Skills Head on Consulting in the Age of AI

Narayanan Ramaswamy, National Leader - Education & Skill Development at KPMG India, shares transition from B-school to corporate tips, the skills global MBAs need, and how to stay ahead in an AI world

Six Indian cities rank among Asia-Pacific's top 10 tech talent hubs

Bengaluru hosts the world's largest concentration of data scientists, Hyderabad leads in under-25 tech professionals, and Indian cities now account for 69 per cent of Asia-Pacific's total tech talent

70% of APAC occupiers plan to expand warehousing portfolio in India: Report

APAC occupiers see India as a resilient logistics destination, driven by supply chain diversification, ESG focus, and infrastructure growth, says CBRE report

India leads Asia-Pacific in office leasing sentiment: CBRE report

CBRE's India Office Figures for Q1 of 2025 also revealed that gross office leasing rose by 5 per cent yoy, reaching 18 million square feet across nine cities between January and March 2025

Coforge Q4 results: Net profit jumps 16.5% to Rs 261 crore in March

IT solutions firm Coforge on Monday reported a 16.5 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 261 crore in the March quarter. It had posted a net profit (attributable to owners of Coforge Ltd) of Rs 224 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations for the quarter under review rose 47 per cent year-on-year to reach Rs 3,410 crore, against Rs 2,318 crore in Q4 FY24. Seen sequentially, profit and revenue rose 21 per cent and 4.6 per cent, respectively. The firm's order intake in Q4 FY25 stood at USD 2.1 billion. It signed five large deals during the quarter, across North America, the UK, and APAC. For the full fiscal year, profit saw a marginal increase, from Rs 808 crore in FY24 to Rs 812 crore in FY25. Revenue in FY25 climbed 33.7 per cent to Rs 12,051 crore in FY25, from Rs 9,009 crore in the previous fiscal year. All financial figures are based on continuing operations -- excluding the AdvantageGo business that Coforge diveste

Juspay establishes an entity in Singapore as part of APAC expansion

Juspay has a presence across markets such as India, United States of America (US), United Kingdom (UK), Brazil and Singapore. It has teams spanning 1,200 members across these regions

Seeing distinctive travel trends in India: Booking.com's Laura Houldsworth

"In India, we're witnessing distinctive travel trends, including spiritual and religious tourism" said Laura Houldsworth, MD & VP, APAC, Booking.com

India has lower exposure to US tariffs than peers in Apac region: Moody's

Moody's Ratings on Tuesday said India has a lower overall exposure to the US relative to others in the APAC region, although certain sectors such as food, textiles and pharmaceutical products face risks. Moody's said most companies in its rated portfolio are domestic-focused with limited exposure to the US market. To mitigate pressure from reciprocal tariffs, the US and India are reportedly engaged in talks to lower import tariffs on select US products, increase market access for US farm products and increase US energy purchases, while seeking to initiate a trade deal by the fall of 2025. Across APAC, developing countries like India, Vietnam and Thailand have among the widest rate differentials relative to the US, Moody's said. It said electronics, motor vehicles, food and textiles are the most exposed sectors. In addition to the hit from lower export demand, a key risk facing emerging economies in the region is that those aiming to nurture an export-led growth model similar to Chi

Mumbai, Delhi rank among top 5 APAC mkts for prime residential price growth

Mumbai recorded an 11.5 per cent YoY increase in luxury property prices in Q3 2024, ranking as the 14th most expensive APAC prime residential market

APAC investors invested $1.3 bn in Indian real estate between Jan-Sep 2024

Indian real estate received institutional investments of $4.7 billion between January and September 2024

APAC private debt rises, India raises $2.3 bn in Q3 alone: Report

APAC private capital fundraising hits five-year low: Preqin report

Pinnacle sets up APAC headquarters in Chennai; aims to triple employee base

US-based global workforce solutions company, Pinnacle Group, has expanded its global footprint with the opening of a new office in Chennai that will be the regional headquarters in the Asia Pacific region, a top official has said. The new facility on the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (popularly known as the IT Corridor) would be able to deepen the company's relationships with its existing customer base. Pinnacle Group has been operating in India since 2007 and with the inauguration of the new facility, the company expects to double or triple its employee base in the near future, Pinnacle Group Chairman and CEO Nina Vaca said here. "We currently have about 100 employees in India, and I am hoping to double or triple the number of employees in the future. We do not serve customers for years, we serve them for decades... The company is committed to extend the investments in people and technology to drive further innovation and serve more of our customers in India and beyond," she told PTI in a bri

Slowing Indian economy to drag APAC's growth in 2025: Moody's Analytics

S&P expects RBI to cut rates next month

India our APAC priority and primary market focus: Bhaskar Laxminarayan

He says that a 25-bp cut with a strong dovish message could be as effective as a 50-bp cut with minimal commentary

Meta India, Apac human resources head Rishi Raj Gupta steps down

Joined in 2017, Rishi Raj Gupta was an integral part of the Indian leadership team

India to become NetApp's top Apac market in 3-5 years: VP Puneet Gupta

With India emerging as a global leader in AI adoption, it is poised to become the largest market in the Asia-Pacific region in the next five years for intelligent data infrastructure company NetApp, a top company official said on Wednesday. India has emerged as the global leader in AI implementation with 70 per cent of companies having AI projects implemented or in planning, surpassing the global average of 49 per cent, said Puneet Gupta, VP and MD, NetApp India/SAARC, citing the company's recent report. The second annual NetApp Cloud Complexity Report, which examines how technology leaders worldwide are deploying AI at scale, surveyed 1,300 top-level IT executives from key markets across the world, including India, the US, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Australia/New Zealand, Japan, and Singapore. The report revealed that a significant 91 per cent companies in India plan to use half or more of their data to train AI models in 2024, thus indicating a strong commitment to leveraging

India set to cross 1800 MW in data centre capacity by 2026: CBRE report

Report adds that India has highest DC capacity among major APAC countries, likely to add another 850 MW in next 2 years

Natural disasters cause $65bn loss in APAC in 2023; 91% loss uninsured: Aon

As per the report, 398 natural disaster events occurred globally in 2023, resulting in an economic loss of $380 billion in the year.