Standard Chartered cut its 2025 economic growth forecast for Hong Kong to 2.2%, citing weaker exports, subdued consumption, and...

Asian banks including DBS Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group have submitted preliminary...

Hanwha Group’s financial subsidiaries have opened the Hanwha AI Center in San Francisco, marking the first AI research hub in the city by...

Lee Ho-tak, managing director of family office Cheah Capital, emphasised that ESG initiatives not only benefit society but also deliver...

Japan’s bankruptcy filings are on track to surpass 10,000 this year, marking the highest level since 2013, according to Tokyo Shoko...

Mainland China and Hong Kong regulators have urged major global investment banks to accelerate Chinese companies’ listings in Hong Kong,...

Billionaires’ combined wealth surged 121% over the past decade to USD14tr, according to UBS’s Billionaire Ambitions report. The number of...

Raffles Family Office (RFO) has appointed Abdullatif Mohamed Kanoo as Board Advisor to drive its strategic expansion into the Middle...

South Korea’s and Indonesia’s general insurance industries are strengthening ties following a new memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has established a private credit platform with an initial portfolio of SGD10bn (USD7.5bn),...

Hong Kong’s banking regulator fined China CITIC Bank International HKD4m (USD510,000) for breaching anti-money laundering regulations,...

Singapore’s central bank said it will extend the deadline for phasing out corporate cheque processing by one year to end-2026. The...

South Korea’s financial watchdog urged securities firms to prepare contingency plans to handle potential market turbulence amid...

Chinese state media warned against pushing for faster growth at all costs and emphasised boosting domestic consumption, days before next...

Robinhood Markets Inc plans to expand into Asia next year, using Singapore as its regional base, Chief Executive Vlad Tenev said at an...

ING has appointed Deepali Bhargava as head of research and chief economist for Asia Pacific. Bhargava rejoins the Netherlands-based bank...

Indosuez, the wealth management arm of Credit Agricole Group, said it will appoint Laurent Proutière as Asia chief executive and...

China’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) turnover dropped 10% year-to-date to USD297bn, extending a three-year decline, UBS said. However,...

Singapore-based investors see technology as the leading driver of business change over regulation, geopolitics, or supply chain...

Japan’s Daiwa Securities Group plans to expand its services to affluent Japanese expatriates in Southeast Asia by establishing an office...