At the heart of why consumers in China save so much and spend so little, and why Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will struggle to change that behaviour, even if they want to, lies the...
Germany’s fund industry managed €4,625 billion in assets at mid-2025, up €1,286 billion from €3,339 billion five years earlier, marking an average annual growth rate of nearly 7%. According to data shared by BVI, the German fund association, open-ended Spezialfonds...
Direct lending activity in Europe reached an all-time high in the second quarter of the year, with Ares Management becoming the most active investor over the period, according to Debtwire. A number of large-ticket deals pushed the volumes up to...
Ratings agency says effects of US tariffs on Indian economy 'will be manageable'. S&P Global Ratings upgraded India's long-term sovereign crediting rating to "BBB" from "BBB-", owing to the country's fiscal consolidation, credible monetary policy and strong economic growth. It was...
Japanese pension giant Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has adopted a cautious approach to investing in alternatives by prioritising those with lower liquidity and using a combination of metrics to assess the performance. The pension fund began investing in non-mainstream...
This will allow them to accept a wider range of collateral in their facilities. Brunei and Singapore have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a reciprocal cross-border collateral arrangement. This arrangement will allow both authorities to accept a wider...
Yearly growth in GDP at 1.2%, quarterly at 0.3% in Q2, driven mainly by growth in construction, services outputs. The UK's economy expanded 0.3% on a quarterly basis in the second quarter of the year, exceeding market estimates, according to...
Stagflationary effects will hit the U.S. hardest, Canada and Mexico at risk too. The U.S. economy stands to suffer the most in terms of weaker growth and higher inflation from its trade war, with Canada and Mexico next in line...
Retail assets greater than pension funds for first time. Data published by the UK’s Investment Association (IA) point to record AUM of £10trn across the industry as at the end of 2024, up some 10% on the previous year following...
The south-east Asian nation comes ahead of Kyrgyzstan among the region’s FDI overachievers. Cambodia ranks as the leading Asia-Pacific country in the Greenfield FDI Performance Index 2025, and ninth overall. The south-east Asian nation recorded a record year for inbound FDI...
