Trade flows from North and East Asia to the Asean and South Asia regions rose by 44% between 2019 and 2024. A report from Citi noted that trade corridors in Asia are experiencing “significant growth” in recent times, with Asean...
Equities deliver 19.3% return, while renewable infrastructure also post double-digit gain, with nearly 40% allocation to US stocks paying as AI optimism, rate cuts boost markets. Norway's sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest — posted an annual profit of...
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) logged a net profit of $5.87b (S$7.42b) for 2025, a 2% year-on-year (YoY) dip from the record S$7.59b in 2024, its latest financial results showed. Profit before tax rose 2% YoY to a new high of...
Full-year profit will come lower as Norinchukin foresees a potential portfolio rebalance. Norinchukin Bank saw its profits improve to $636.78m (JPY99.2b) in April-December 2025, reversing the $9.05b (JPY1.41t) loss for the same nine-month period in 2024. The Japanese bank expects its...
National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has reported a 12% increase in its net profit attributable to shareholders reaching BD18.2 million ($48.3 million) for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2025, compared to BD16.2 million in the same period of...
Earnings miss S$1.44 billion consensus estimate; H2 dividend of S$0.71 a share down from S$0.92 before. UOB’s net profit for the fourth quarter fell 7 per cent on the back of margin pressures from lower benchmark rates, the lender said...
Bank of America is committing $25bn of its own capital to private credit transactions, joining Wall Street rivals in deploying balance sheet funding into the $1.8tn market. The bank will originate deals through its global capital markets division, extending its...
A resurgence in global private equity is gathering steam after a rebound in dealmaking last year that saw both buyout deals and exits surge ahead to register their second highest values on record, says a report. After three prior years...
Apollo Global Management-backed ATLAS SP Partners has extended a $250m, two-year credit facility to Irish fintech Wayflyer. ATLAS SP Partners operates as a warehouse finance and securitised products platform backed by Apollo. The structure will allow Wayflyer to deploy capital...
Smaller banks are prone to getting acquired as they struggle with funding and tech costs. Commercial and retail banks, particularly regional banks, are expected to continue consolidating in 2026, said McKinsey & Co. Banks are expected to remain the most active...
