The Hong Kong IPO market surged in the first seven months of 2024, with 53 companies listing and total IPO fundraising climbing over...

Bank Negara Malaysia, Bank Indonesia, and the Bank of Thailand have expanded their Local Currency Transaction Framework (LCTF) by...

Thailand’s life insurance industry continues to grow steadily, driven by rising demand, an ageing population, and increasing focus on...

Singapore-based family office Kamet Capital has made a strategic USD8.5m investment in TopView.ai, an artificial intelligence startup...

Hong Kong has introduced IPO rule reforms to maintain the momentum of its recent listings boom and strengthen its status as Asia’s top...

Malaysian banks are expected to remain resilient in H2 2025, despite a projected quarter-on-quarter rise in loan loss provisions in Q2,...

China International Capital Corp (CICC) and China Galaxy Securities are launching more than USD1bn in new funds across Southeast Asia,...

Family offices are increasingly redirecting capital away from US markets due to growing policy uncertainty, elevated stock valuations,...

Hong Kong’s thriving private banking and wealth management sectors are fuelling a surge in hiring and office space expansion, the Hong...

US investment in Asia-Pacific real estate surged 31% year-on-year to USD4.97bn in Q2 2025, driven by investor demand for yield and...

Dubai-based Hoxton Wealth has completed its largest acquisition to date, acquiring Infinity Financial Solutions and marking its official...

Participation in the Cross-boundary Wealth Management Connect (WMC) 2.0 scheme soared by over 1.2 times to exceed 162,000 investors by...

Hong Kong-based AIFT, via its insurtech arm IXT, has partnered with Richmond Insurance Brokers to launch Taiwan’s first digital platform...

The Philippine economy likely expanded by 5.5% in the second quarter of 2025, according to a BusinessWorld poll of economists. The...

Societe Generale has named Jerome Niddam as chief executive officer for Asia Pacific, effective 1 September. Based in Hong Kong, Niddam...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has maintained its interest rate at 0.5% while adopting a more optimistic view on the economic outlook, following...

VMS Group, a Hong Kong-based multi-family office managing approximately USD4bn, is expanding into hedge funds to cater to client demand...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will issue revised guidelines this year to allow banks in the Philippines to sell insurance...

Hong Kong is highlighting its transformation into a hub for innovation, international legal services, and art trading in a new government...

The Hong Kong SAR government is intensifying efforts to expand its family office (FO) sector as part of a broader asset and wealth...