Weekly Brief Oct 29 Hong Kong opens 24/7 tokenised fund trading, Clearstream gains Luxembourg control-agent authorisation Financial Markets Weekly: Tokenised money market funds gain round-the-clock trading in Hong Kong, Luxembourg authorises Clearstream to oversee fund to... 294
Current Account Oct 29 Anup Bagchi succeeds Sashidhar Jagdishan as HDFC Bank CEO as post-merger profitability comes into focus Anup Bagchi has taken over as Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Bank following six years of leadership under Sashidhar Jagdishan. His experience acros... 541
Weekly Brief Oct 26 AI sell-off drives US Treasury rally as French 10-year yield tops 5% The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Investors are questioning whether AI infrastructure spending can deliver lasting returns, as funding conditions diverge... 935
Weekly Brief Oct 22 DTCC prepares tokenisation service, Bank Negara Malaysia launches bond and sukuk platform Financial Markets Weekly: Transaction Finance Weekly: Tokenisation enters core infrastructure as DTCC readies onboarding, Bank Negara Malaysia launche... 1224
Interviews Oct 20 Can CIMB turn local relationships into a connected ASEAN wealth franchise? CIMB is building its wealth strategy around longstanding local customer relationships across its core ASEAN markets. Its opportunity is to deepen thos... 315
Weekly Brief Oct 19 IMF raises 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1% as inflation and AI sell-off test market resilience The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Despite an upgraded IMF growth outlook, oil-driven inflation, higher yields and an AI-share sell-off are straining mark... 1673
Weekly Brief Oct 12 India raises repo rate as global bond yields and oil prices climb The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: India resumed monetary tightening as US and French bond markets sold off, oil remained above $100 a barrel and the Fina... 1394
Weekly Brief Oct 09 Singapore sets AI risk deadlines as banks expand autonomous systems Financial Technology Weekly: MAS and Ping An Bank tighten AI accountability as agentic tools reshape bank operations, while DNB cuts 400 roles and Cro... 2237
Weekly Brief Oct 05 China eases borrowing costs as Australia tightens and global yields stay elevated The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: China reduces selected borrowing costs as Australia tightens policy. Weaker US hiring tempers rate expectations, but el... 1741
Weekly Brief Sep 28 US and Japanese bond yields hit multi-decade highs after Fed and BoJ hikes The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: US and Japanese bond yields hit multi-decade highs after Fed, BoJ hikes, as US-China trade truce extends, China profits... 1198
Current Account Sep 25 How is Standard Chartered building the controls needed to scale AI? Standard Chartered is working to connect data from about 150 systems, embedding controls earlier in development and training staff to create AI applic... 1672
Weekly Brief Sep 21 Fed raises rates for first time since 2023 as inflation outlook worsens The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: The Federal Reserve resumed rate increases and the Bank of Japan tightened further, while authorities confronted AI, da... 2137
Weekly Brief Sep 14 ECB raises rates to 2.50% as euro-area energy inflation hits 14.3% The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: The ECB raised rates to 2.50% as inflation rose and Saudi pipeline attacks disrupted oil supply, while UniCredit advanc... 1292
Weekly Brief Sep 08 Global bond sell-off raises funding and balance-sheet risks for banks The Asian Banker Weekly Brief: Global bond yields surge to multi-year highs, India’s special FX facility draws $136.4 billion, Chinese financial ins... 1199
Weekly Brief Aug 31 Victory Capital agrees $7 billion First Eagle deal, Vanguard buys Altruist Wealth and Society tracks a week of consolidation in asset management and adviser infrastructure, as Victory Capital agrees a $7 billion deal for Firs... 359
Current Account Sep 01 Can CIMB’s wholesale expansion lift underlying earnings? CIMB’s second-quarter net profit rose 2.6%, while asset growth and client income helped cushion narrower margins. Wholesale banking accounted for 42... 990
