Global wealth hit its fastest growth since 2017 at 10.8% as APAC lagged at half that rate. Asia-Pacific personal wealth rose by 5.9% in 2025, picking up from the previous year of ~3.0%. The region’s growth was slower than Europe, the...
Investors must seek approval for specified ownership changes in nine designated entities. Singapore aims to balance national security with minimising the impact on businesses and investors as it maintains screening requirements for investments in strategically important sectors, according to Dechert's...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued the first distributed ledger technology-native commercial paper on Clearstream’s D7 platform. Unveiled late last year, the D7 DLT platform operates over Google Cloud, promising streamlined issuance and lifecycle management and an immutable and...
Vietnam's economic growth accelerated in the second quarter compared to the first, government data showed on Friday, but its trade deficit widened to a record over the first six months after a surge in imported fuel costs. Gross domestic product...
The global market for sukuk – also known as Islamic investment certificates or Islamic bonds – has surpassed $1 trillion, revealed the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) 2025 Islamic Investment Review, published on Thursday, 2 July. Shariah – the moral...
Demand for big-ticket, syndicated letters of credit is soaring in the US, those involved in the transactions have said, as utility companies and power grid operators seek credit protection for huge power supply contracts inked with data centre developers. Banks...
The $1.29b transaction expands the bank's capital toolkit to support future lending growth. DBS Bank has completed Singapore's first synthetic securitisation transaction, referencing a US$1b diversified portfolio of corporate loans to strengthen its capital management capabilities. Through the structure, investors assume...
Basic income per common share increased to $2.89 from $1.45. Mizuho Financial Group (MHFG) has recorded a net income attributable to shareholders of $7.2b (JPY1,158,031m) for the financial year ended 31 March 2026, marking a significant increase from $3.7b (JPY593,393m)...
The Mexican government said its electricity expansion plan aims to add 32 GW of capacity by 2030, with 70% coming from renewable energy, and a projected investment of $42 billion. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo presented last week the country’s...
Assets under management (AuM) in the GCC grew by 10% in 2025, reaching $2.7 trillion and marking one of the strongest annual performances in over a decade, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The findings, released...
