Ian Sayson

1 week ago | forbes.com.au | Leigh Cuen |Samuel Hussey |Ian Sayson |Anastasia Santoreneos

What's propelled your business to this point won't necessarily guarantee your future success. Here's what you need to know to move forward. Business is being completely overhauled as artificial intelligence upends nearly every industry. Whether you're exploring new ways to scale your company or reshaping your workforce, business leaders must weigh the costs - known and unknown - with potential gains, which are hardly guaranteed.

1 week ago | forbes.com.au | Ian Sayson |Stewart Hawkins |Mark Whittaker

Amazon will invest A$20 billion ($13 billion) in the five years through 2029 to build data centres in Australia amid growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications. The spending-the biggest investment from a global technology provider in Australia-will hasten AI adoption across the country, boost productivity and modernise the IT infrastructure for Australian entities, Amazon said in a statement over the weekend.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Ian Sayson

Maynilad Water Services—controlled by Indonesian billionaire Anthoni Salim-backed Metro Pacific Investment—will raise 38.6 billion pesos ($694 million) from its IPO. Under the IPO, which was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, Maynilad Water will sell 1.9 billion shares in a primary offering at 20 pesos apiece. The maiden share sale includes an over allotment option of up to 249 million shares and a preferential offer of up to 24.9 million shares.

3 weeks ago | forbesjapan.com | Ian Sayson

フィリピンで大型商業施設やホテルの開発を手がける不動産開発大手DoubleDragon（ダブルドラゴン）が、4番目の国外の展開先としてサウジアラビアを選んだことが明るみに出た。同社は2023年、初の海外展開として、日本の北海道ニセコでの大規模なホテルの建設計画を発表している。 フィリピンのファストフード大手Jollibee（ジョリビー）創業者のトニー・タン・カクションと不動産王のエドガー・シア2世が共同所有するダブルドラゴン傘下の「Hotel101 Global（ホテル101グローバル）」は、旅行需要を見込むサウジアラビアに進出し、25億ドル（約3600億円。1ドル＝144円換算）規模の投資で1万室を建設する計画を発表した。 ホテル101は、サウジアラビアのHorizon Group（ホライゾングループ）との提携で、メディナやリヤド、ジェッダ、アブハ、アルウラの5都市にホテルを建設する計画を5月29日に明らかにした。各ホテルには平均500室が設けられるという。...

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Ian Sayson

Prime Infrastructure—controlled by casino-to-ports billionaire Enrique Razon Jr.—has agreed to buy 60% of the gas assets of the Lopez family-backed First Gen for 50 billion pesos ($896 million).