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    Dubai regulator CEO upbeat on Middle East opportunities for Asia: ASIFMA

    At the annual ASIFMA conference on February 17 in Hong Kong, in a ‘fireside chat' entitled Middle East Corridor’, Ian Johnston, chief executive,...

    Carlyle’s Hexaware Technologies seals $1bn India IPO

    Hexaware Technologies (Hexaware), a global IT services company, most recently privately owned by global investment firm Carlyle, has listed on the Bombay Stock...

    HSBC pre-tax profit climbs 6.6% to $32.2bn; plans $1.5bn cost savings by end of 2026

    HSBC’s profit before tax (PBT) climbed by $2 billion to $32.3 billion for the financial year ending December 31, 2024, according to a...

    StanChart, Animoca Brands and HKT agree JV to issue HKD-backed stablecoin

    Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Animoca Brands and HKT will establish a joint venture (JV) to issue a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, according...

    Hong Kong’s SFC approves first retail tokenised MMF

    China Asset Management (Hong Kong) has received approval from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to launch a retail tokenised money market...

    Nissan downgrades FY forecast as Honda deal terminated

    Nissan and Honda Motor decided to terminate the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on December 23 last year for consideration of a business...

    Trump’s steel tariffs fuel Apac uncertainty

    US president Donald Trump’s latest tariff move, announced on Monday, February 10, is a proclamation to place a 25% tariff on all US...

    Macquarie exits Net-Zero Banking Alliance

    Australian financial services giant Macquarie has decided to pull out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance following the decision of several large banking groups...

    Chinese EV battery giant CATL files initial HKEX listing application

    Shenzhen-headquartered electric vehicle battery firm Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (known as CATL) has filed an application to make an initial public offering...

    Chinese EV giant CATL files initial HKEX listing application

    Shenzhen-headquartered electric vehicle battery firm Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (known as CATL) has filed an application to make an initial public offering...

    Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life buys Legal & General America for $2.28bn

    Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance has reached an agreement with the UK's Legal & General Group (L&G) to acquire 100% of L&G’s US holding...

    Charles Russell Speechlys hires Hong Kong funds partner

    London-headquartered international law firm Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed Gaven Cheong as partner within the funds team in Hong Kong. ...

    Green bond credentials tokenised under Project Guardian

    On January 13, the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced the launch of a green bond credentials tokenisation initiative, covering the university’s third...

    US eyes sovereign wealth fund

    US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) in the US. The size, scope and...

    Analysis: How DeepSeek’s AI model is driving investors into an uncomfortable reality

    The November 2022 release of ChatGPT introduced generative artifical intelligence (GenAI)  into the mainstream vocabulary. The rapid adoption of OpenAI’s chatbot epitomised technology’s...