Data centre and chips make up the lion’s share of foreign capital announced in the country. Companies announced record foreign direct investments in Japan over the past two years, as its digitalisation drive attracts interest from semiconductor companies and data...
Central bank keeps one-year loan prime rate at 3%, five-year rate at 3.5%. China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged for the third consecutive month, meeting market expectations, as authorities signalled they are in no rush to deliver monetary stimulus despite...
The country’s annual inflation remains within the RBNZ’s 1% to 3% target band at 2.7%, giving the central bank leeway to cut rates further. New Zealand’s central bank cut its policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to a three-year...
Assets are concentrated in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei with limited presence in other markets. ASEAN’s Islamic finance industry is expected to cross US$1t by end-2026, after reaching nearly $950b by the end of June 2025, according to estimates from Fitch...
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...
