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...

The International Monetary Fund has revised Malaysia’s 2025 GDP growth forecast upward to 4.5% from 4.1%, citing improved prospects for...

HSBC has reported a significant increase in its wealth management business, driven by the addition of 300,000 new clients in Hong Kong in...

HSBC has announced plans to exit its retail banking operations in Bangladesh as part of a global strategy to streamline operations and...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is piloting a business credit-scoring system under its Commercial Data Interchange (CDI) scheme...

Indonesian tycoon Prajogo Pangestu has grown his net worth by over USD20bn since April, reaching USD36.2bn, according to Bloomberg data....

Bank Negara Malaysia has lowered its 2025 GDP growth forecast to 4%–4.8%, down from 4.5%–5.5%, citing global trade uncertainty and...

Finance sector unions from Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh have pledged to advance socially responsible finance and...

Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) assets have surged past HKD1.4tr (USD178bn) as of end-June, reaching a historic high,...

Vietnam is partnering with Switzerland to develop international financial centres, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said during...

Scams and money mule accounts have overtaken traditional fraud as the primary threat to banks in Asia-Pacific, according to a FICO survey...

Airwallex has obtained a Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, allowing it to launch its...