| | Weekly business and foreign investment news roundup in Asia by Asia Briefing and Dezan Shira & Associates (An Ascentium Company). |
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| | | | Ascentium, a leading global business services platform headquartered in Singapore, has completed its acquisition of Dezan Shira & Associates, a multi-disciplinary professional services firm with more than three decades of experience advising foreign investors across Asia. | | | | | Türkiye has a fast‑growing art market and a distinctive IP rights framework under Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works. Unlike the US, Türkiye grants strong, inalienable moral rights and a resale right (droit de suite) with tiered royalties. | | | | | Saudi Arabia is tightening Hajj regulations for 2026 by restricting access to permit holders only and imposing heavy fines, deportation, and entry bans on violators. | | | | | Updated guidance is pushing firms toward real‑time, technology‑driven compliance, raising both operational costs and regulatory scrutiny across the sector. | | | | | The IEA expects Middle East energy markets to stabilize within two years, though short-term volatility remains high due to geopolitical tensions and supply constraints. | | | | | Rising fuel costs and inflation are accelerating demand for affordable Chinese electric vehicles across the Gulf, with the UAE leading adoption and Saudi Arabia scaling infrastructure and localization. |
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COMPLIMENTARY BUSINESS RESOURCES: |  | | | This latest edition of An Introduction to Doing Business in India provides a clear, practical roadmap to navigating GST 2.0 reforms, the full rollout of the four Labor Codes, the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025, and updates to incorporation processes, entity selection, audit requirements, and financial reporting. | | | | | This publication, designed to introduce the fundamentals of investing in Indonesia, was compiled by the experts at Dezan Shira & Associates, a specialist foreign direct investment practice, that provides corporate establishment, business intelligence, tax advisory and compliance, accounting, payroll, due diligence, and financial review services to multinationals investing in emerging Asia. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS FOR ASIA: | | | Webinar | Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 9:00 AM Los Angeles / 12:00 PM New York | | | | | Webinar | Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 2:00 PM Vietnam Time / 9:00 AM CET | | | | | Hybrid | Thursday, May 7, 2026 | 2:30 PM CEST / 6:00 PM IST | Raaba-Grambach, Austria |
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