SEA Weekly - Episode 12: Capital Without Capture

May 17, 2026

Vietnam’s US$18.7 billion FDI surge, Thailand’s first licensed virtual bank, and the Philippines’ emergency energy intervention all point to the same harder regional problem: Southeast Asia can attract capital faster than it can localize resilience. Emily Chen hosts Miguel Santos and Chloe Tan for a cross-beat conversation on why the next bottleneck is not capital formation but domestic absorption: supplier depth, underwriting edge, energy security, and the ability to keep more of the margin at home once volatility hits.

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