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Asia capability under pressure: lessons from the Hormuz disruption
Most businesses operating across Asia went into this year believing they understood their regional exposure. The Hormuz disruption tested that belief, and what it found was not primarily an energy security story. It was a test of whether organisations had genuine capability to operate across Asia under pressure – or whether they had presence and assumed it would be enough. The difference, as it turns out, has a cost.
09 July 2026
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Building Asia capability as a resilience strategy: what boards need to ask
The past four months tested something that is difficult to assess in stable conditions: whether organisations operating across Asia have genuine capability, or whether they have presence and assumed it would be enough. The Hormuz disruption exposed that gap - not universally, but unevenly, and in ways that had less to do with resources or intent, than with what had already been built.
09 July 2026
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Asia’s new economic order is transforming deals – and there’s a place for Australia
Across Asia, the deal landscape is responding to disruptions; the general US geopolitical reset, tariffs and currency volatility, to name a few. All are feeding into an environment where localisation and intra-Asia reliance are increasing. And where restructuring is the new M&A.
29 August 2025
