Decline in syndicated lending leads retreat in bankers’ fees. While traders may be enjoying the surge in market volatility that has accompanied the U.S. trade war, investment bankers are seeing their business stumble amid the rise in uncertainty. According to new...
Trade has slowed globally with subdued investment and spending, Aon said. Trade credit limit approvals in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region held steady at 81%, according to a report by Aon. This indicates a relatively stable credit environment despite global volatility,...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has launched a blockchain initiative to facilitate the tokenization of carbon credits, collaborating with three major carbon registries to enhance the efficiency and transparency of the voluntary carbon market's credit trading process. The bank's blockchain division,...
Australia’s big four banks are being urged to take greater action against climate change after a study found none were specifically identifying emissions of a major greenhouse gas. The banks’ failure to single out methane emissions could undermine their environmental...
Syndicated loans in H1 fell to its lowest six-month tally in 3 years. Syndicated lending in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) declined 3.39% year-on-year (YoY- to $241.48b in the first six months of 2025, according to data from the London Stock...
Oracle has launched new cloud-based trade and supply chain finance (SCF) services designed to help banks accelerate lending to corporate clients and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This comes as Oracle shares soared to a record high yesterday: in addition...
Seed investment activity is shifting away from hedge funds and other liquid strategies and moving toward private equity and private credit, according to Seward & Kissel’s 2024 Seed Transaction Deal Points study. The study, released on Monday by the New...
Asset manager Schroders (AUM £758bn / $1 trillion) is setting up a digital assets center of excellence in Singapore after participating in the local Project Guardian tokenization sandbox. While Singapore has been at the forefront of digital asset and tokenization...
Kazakhstan is successfully diversifying its economy by expanding its non-resource export sector, reaching $40.6 billion in 2024—surpassing targets. Key growth areas include industrial manufacturing, agriculture, IT, and logistics. In recent years, Kazakhstan has been actively pursuing a policy aimed at...
Saudi Arabia attracted SR22.2 billion ($5.9 billion) in net foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2025, up 44 percent year on year, driven by rising inflows and sharply lower capital outflows. According to figures released by the General...
