UBS OneASEAN Summit 2025

Singapore, 4 March 2025 – The 13th edition of UBS’s flagship OneASEAN Summit has attracted over 900 investors, policymakers and corporates. South-East Asia continues to be a growing region and has seen investments accelerate within the region. At the summit this year, UBS identifies and explores the key growth drivers in the global macroeconomic environment.

Nicolo Magni, Head of Global Banking South-East Asia & South Asia, UBS said: “At UBS, we are optimistic about Equity Capital Markets across South-East Asia and South Asia improving through 2025. Pent-up demand, improving global markets and government-led initiatives in a number of countries are paving the way for a robust deal market in the year to come. The long- term trend of growth and demographics attract investors to this region and sectors such as Healthcare and Digital Infrastructure are great proxies for these mega trends. At the OneASEAN Summit 2025, our UBS analysts and invited speakers discussed about the impact of global trends on Southeast Asia and why this region continues to be a key investment destination.”

Grace Lim, Senior ASEAN and Asia economist, UBS Investment Bank Global Research, said: “Looking ahead, we expect private consumption to remain resilient within South-East Asian economies, and accelerate in Philippines, and government-driven investments to increase in Thailand and Malaysia. Rising Foreign Direct Investment inflows into data centers and manufacturing has aided an investment boom in South-East Asian economies. The OneASEAN 2025 Summit provided investors on-the-ground perspectives of economies in this region and illuminated bright spots for investments.”

The two-day summit provides an overview of the global investment landscape and discusses the impact of global uncertainties on South-East Asian economies. There were a series of engaging and insightful panel discussions on diverse topics including uncovering Thailand’s growth drivers, progress of the economic developments through the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone and new investment opportunities in Philippines.

The stellar line-up of international thought-leaders at the conference include:

• Dr Axel Weber, President of the Center for Financial Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt; Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Group AG, Zurich; former President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
• Allen Ng, Group Head and Principal Economist, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)
• Vishrut Rana, Senior Economist, Asia-Pacific, S&P Global Ratings
• Toshitaka Sekine, Ex-Chief Economist of BOJ, and Asian Public Policy Program, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
• Robin Brooks, Senior fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
• Marc Sumerlin, Managing Partner, Evenflow Macro, former Deputy Director of National Economic Council under President George Bush
• Bambang Widianto, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia