The Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) is weighing a move to open its domestic nickel futures contract to foreign investors via China’s...

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) released a draft law amending the Law on Credit Institutions to improve bad debt management and...

The Philippines’ central bank plans a further observation period of up to three years for Islamic lenders to craft liquidity‑risk...

Grandtag Financial Consultancy, a high‑net‑worth insurance broker, has opened a Singapore office 40 % larger than its previous site to...

Malaysia is drawing renewed interest from global investors as a diversification play in Southeast Asia, driven by improving fundamentals...

Finance ministers from Japan, China, South Korea, and the 10 ASEAN countries have agreed to launch a new emergency lending facility under...

LenderLink Philippines has raised USD1.25m in an oversubscribed seed round to build the country’s first high-tech, real-time credit...

California has surpassed Japan and would be the world’s fourth-largest economy if it were a country, with nominal GDP reaching USD4.1tr...

China’s state planner expressed confidence that the country will achieve its 2025 economic growth target of around 5%, pledging to roll...

South Korea and Thailand are holding the fifth round of negotiations this week to finalise their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),...

The global cyber insurance market is poised to more than double by 2030, reaching USD32.4bn in premiums, up from USD16.3bn by 2025,...

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will roll out the uncertificated securities market regime in early 2026, following...

GXS Bank has received regulatory approval to acquire Validus Capital, the Singaporean SME lending subsidiary of Validus Investment...

Family-owned businesses are crucial to the global economy, generating USD8.8tr in revenue in 2024, a 10% increase from 2023, and...

Despite global trade uncertainty and rising market volatility, Singapore may remain a hub for deal-making as firms restructure supply...

South Korea’s financial regulator called for preemptive measures to safeguard market stability amid mounting volatility triggered by...

Malaysia’s first search fund, Nusatu Capital, is one year into its mission to acquire and operate a small or medium-sized enterprise, its...

Moonfare is seeing rising demand from Singapore’s family offices, which topped 2,000 last year, a five-fold rise in five years. The...

South Korea’s top 30 conglomerates reduced executive positions while increasing their workforce in 2024 amid an economic slowdown,...

Hong Kong’s family office count is expected to exceed 3,000 as geopolitical tensions drive investors to the city, according to Financial...