China raised $37.8b and accounted for 61.7% of regional proceeds. Equity and equity-related issuance in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan reached a three-year high of $61.2b in the year to date in first quarter 2026 (Q1 2026), up 40.3% from a year...
Total value of global markets surges to $161.1 trillion since start of US-Israel-Iran war, while highest performance among indexes comes in Kospi with 22.7% surge. Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East were overshadowed by a sweeping rally in artificial...
Global trade in ocean-related services rose to $1.44 trillion in 2025, representing 58% of the $2.5 trillion ocean economy and surpassing goods as the dominant segment of ocean trade, according to new data from the United Nations Conference on...
Geneva-based asset manager Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has expanded its quantitative management platform, with the launch of three funds and the recruitment of two fund managers. The three systematic equity strategies are based on advanced mathematical models, while giving...
WaveBL and TradeWaltz have signed an integration agreement aimed at expanding digital trade finance connectivity into Japan, linking two major trade digitisation platforms and enabling the exchange of electronic trade documents between their networks. The agreement will allow users of...
Factoring turnover in Greece rose to €29.4bn in 2025, reinforcing the sector’s growing role in supporting business liquidity and working capital across the economy. New figures released by the Hellenic Factoring Association show turnover increased from €27.1bn in 2024, representing...
FCI, the global representative and network for the factoring industry, has entered a factoring data-sharing cooperation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Trade Register. The announcement was made, 8 June, on stage at FCI’s 58th Annual Meeting in Lisbon,...
Headline measures of stress in private credit portfolios may be overstating the extent of credit deterioration across business development companies (BDCs), according to new analysis by Moody’s Analytics. Moody’s said that investors often look at the proportion of loans marked...
Private credit funds sold to wealthy investors face another test in the second quarter, as early filings point to continued redemption pressures driven by concerns over software exposure, valuations and limited transparency in the asset class. Redemption windows at key...
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO.P), opens new tab, the index investing pioneer's flagship exchange-traded product, became the first in the history of ETFs to reach and exceed $1 trillion in assets, the investment firm confirmed. The Vanguard fund hit...
