Opinion Oct 12 Asia’s local currency bond markets open new funding frontiers Asia’s local currency bond markets, led by Greater China, give sovereigns, supranationals and agencies cheaper funding from new investors and will g... 314
Weekly Brief Oct 09 South Korea’s K-GX plan backs industrial decarbonisation with $747 billion Sustainable Finance Weekly: South Korea’s K-GX commits KRW 1,000 trillion to industrial decarbonisation, while Thailand’s second sovereign SLB add... 828
Weekly Brief Oct 09 Golden Week retail and cross-border payments grow as China expands financial support TAB China Weekly Brief: Golden Week cross-border payments grow as China begins mortgage subsidies and auctions RMB 150 billion in bank capital bonds.... 2141
Weekly Brief Oct 09 ICE and OKX file to trade 63 tokenised US stocks, UBS hands fund administration to Northern Trust Financial Markets Weekly: ICE and OKX file to trade 63 tokenised US stocks, the CFTC seeks views on leveraged retail crypto trading, and UBS hands fun... 1009
Opinion Oct 07 Neutral infrastructure is key to institutional on-chain finance As financial institutions connect to independently governed on-chain markets and applications, neutral shared infrastructure is needed to enable inte... 830
Sibos Round Up Oct 02 Can Mizuho turn a $1 billion supply chain facility into deeper Asia Pacific relationships? Mizuho Bank and the IFC have launched a $1 billion risk-sharing facility to expand supply chain finance for suppliers and distributors across Asia Pac... 957
Weekly Brief Oct 01 Hong Kong adds tokenised deposit settlement to record digital green bond offering Financial Markets Weekly: Hong Kong prices $2.6 billion billion digital green bonds using tokenised deposits and Coinbase wins CFTC clearing approval.... 1433
Weekly Brief Sep 28 Swiss upper house backs proposal UBS says would add $16 billion to its parent-bank CET1 requirement Risk and Capital Weekly Brief: Swiss lawmakers advance a $16 billion CET1 hit for UBS, as Fed proposes capital rules for stablecoin issuers.... 1136
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... 1027
Weekly Brief Sep 18 EU lawmakers push to widen carbon border tax, China and Singapore deepen green finance ties Sustainable Finance Weekly: EU lawmakers back wider CBAM, China and Singapore deepen green finance cooperation, PBOC expands carbon financing and Chin... 1413
Weekly Brief Sep 17 US Senate blocks Clarity Act, delaying digital asset market structure legislation Financial Markets Weekly: US Senate blocks Clarity Act, Circle launches Arc blockchain, Shanghai Clearing House adds three currencies, India widens to... 1182
Weekly Brief Sep 17 BCEAO holds rates at 3% as African regulators tighten banking and financial-market oversight TAB Africa Weekly Brief: BCEAO kept monetary conditions unchanged, Ghana tightened credit and FX oversight, Morocco opened a new regional funding chan... 2731
Weekly Brief Sep 11 China lines up $54 billion to recapitalise state banks and insurers TAB China Weekly Brief: China injects RMB 360 billion into ICBC ABC and five insurers approves CICC's merger with Dongxing and Cinda Securities... 1733
Weekly Brief Sep 11 REC completes India’s first tokenised corporate-bond pilot with wholesale CBDC settlement Financial Markets Weekly: REC completes India's first tokenised bond pilot with RBI wholesale CBDC settlement as Standard Chartered launches UAE crypt... 1278
Weekly Brief Sep 04 European green bonds reach $250 billion in first half as region takes 58% of Q2 issuance Sustainable Finance Weekly: Europe extends its green bond lead as China expands carbon markets and ESG reporting rules tighten.... 1027
Interviews Aug 26 OCBC NISP scales affluent banking through hybrid wealth model with advisory, digital and lifestyle services OCBC NISP (OCBC) has strengthened its position in Indonesia’s affluent banking segment through a hybrid wealth management model that combines relati... 734
Weekly Brief Aug 14 China’s exports rise 23.9% as high-tech shipments strengthen, PBOC keeps support in reserve TAB China Weekly Brief: China's exports surge 23.9% on tech demand, the PBOC unveils a five-year policy framework, Chinese banks issue RMB1.3 trillion... 1663
Weekly Brief Aug 06 ICE agrees $5.7 billion MarketAxess acquisition, BlackRock expands tokenised fund access in Europe Financial Markets Weekly: Intercontinental Exchange agrees $5.7 billion MarketAxess acquisition as BlackRock expands tokenised money-market fund acces... 1691
Singapore Fintech Festival Nov 24 How UOB is positioning for digital assets at scale Lee Zhu Kuang, managing director and group head of UOB’s Innovation Group, outlines how the bank is preparing for tokenised assets and emerging digi... 4962
Sibos Round Up Oct 13 Deutsche Bank positions itself as a trusted partner for transition finance and inclusive sustainability At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Lavinia Bauerochse, global head of sustainable finance, Corporate Bank at Deutsche Bank, explained how sustainability has evo... 3378
Co-published Sep 29 CCB 2025 interim results show steady progress with leading NIM, rising fee income and stable cost and efficiency management China Construction Bank posted steady interim results in 2025, supported by strong margins, rising fee income and firm asset quality. Cost disciplin... 4168
Opinion Apr 04 China and UK strengthen bond market connectivity for RMB growth China and the United Kingdom (UK) have significant potential to enhance connectivity between their bond markets, with key areas of cooperation in coll... 3344
Opinion Mar 13 China’s proactive fiscal policy: Driving growth, investment and global stability As the world grapples with economic uncertainty, inflation and rising geopolitical risks, China has unveiled a powerful fiscal response with significa... 4031
Site Visits Feb 20 Exploring fintech regulation, sustainability, wearables and corporate venture capital innovation Day 3 of the Japan Innovation Study Tour delved into the convergence of fintech regulation, sustainability, wearables and corporate venture capital in... 4263
Interviews Aug 19 Kilde’s Radek Jezbera: “BNPLs are misunderstood, the unit economics works” Radek Jezbera, co-CEO of alternative investment platform Kilde discussed the performance of private debt instruments against publicly traded assets an... 8153
Research Note Dec 02 Blockchain to support better governance as sustainability funds increase The push for climate change considerations puts pressure on financial services companies to develop and use advanced technologies such as blockchain t... 15138
Speech Nov 18 MAS’ Menon: “Open crypto networks are not at the stage to meet high standards of governance, security and resilience” Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore speaks during the Singapore FinTech Festival 2021 on the future of money, finance... 31152
interviews Feb 19 "Building digital asset infrastructure for financial markets" In this interview Rehan Ahmed and Pradyumna Agrawal discusses the issues surrounding the future of digital assets in Asia and the lack of an infrastru... 33552
Current Account Aug 04 Greater engagement among exchanges on ESG disclosure and products Nandini Sukumar, CEO, The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), shares the results of its sixth annual sustainability survey that showed increased enga... 12530
