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Asia-Pacific Tops Global Derivatives on China Reform & Gold Futures Boom

Asia-Pacific has become the dominant hub for ...

China is aggressively liberalizing its deriva...

Reforms in emerging Asian markets like Vietna...

Demand for gold derivatives, especially small...

Asia’s Startup Surge: Deep Tech, Biotech & Blockchain Infrastructure Take the Lead

Asia Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Asian startups raised $179 million in Week 1,...

China’s Syneron Bio led the week with ~ $100M...

India’s CoreEL ($30M) and EtherealX (~$21M) h...

Smaller rounds in ETHGas, CollegeDekho, and T...

Senior Investment Banking Hiring in Asia-Pacific Jumps 60% in 2025

Asia Markets Finance and Insurance

Senior investment-banker hiring in Asia-Pacif...

Japan and Southeast Asia saw the strongest ga...

Hong Kong remained the largest hub at roughly...

Banks are racing to build senior teams in Jap...

KOSPI Rises on Semiconductor Boom Despite Export Risk and Foreign Outflows

Asia Markets Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

The KOSPI opened 2026 by closing at a record ...

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix led the rall...

Foreign investors were major net buyers, offs...

Analysts see further upside from AI-driven se...

Samsung’s Yongin Project Moves into High Gear: Land Deal Closed, Investment Intensifies

Asia Firms Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

Samsung and Korea Land and Housing Corporatio...

Samsung will invest 360 trillion KRW to build...

The complex requires massive supporting infra...

Korea aims to make Yongin a global hub for ad...

NZ Non-Life Insurance Outlook Brightens with Reinsurance Boost & Regulatory Reform

Asia Forecast Finance and Insurance

AM Best maintains a stable outlook on New Zea...

Premium growth is expected to remain resilien...

New Zealand insurers remain heavily reliant o...

Rising operational and compliance costs, clim...

Paula Ip to Lead HKIFA as CEO Amid Retail Fund Surge & MPF Reforms in Hong Kong

Asia FYI Finance and Insurance

Paula Ip, a veteran ex-UBS executive with 30+...

Her mandate comes amid surging Hong Kong reta...

MPF assets have surpassed HK$1.5 trillion wit...

HKIFA is also prioritising investor education...

Asia Markets Kick Off 2026 with Mixed Moves Amid Thin Liquidity, AI & Policy Risks

Asia Markets Information

Asian trading was thinned by New Year holiday...

Among open markets, the Hang Seng fell, Shang...

Low liquidity and partial global closures, in...

Looking into early 2026, investors are focuse...

Goldman Sachs Bets on Asia as Dollar Weakens: What Investors Need to Know

Asia Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Goldman Sachs expects a structurally weaker U...

Positioning for this view, the bank has conso...

Asia and broader emerging markets are seen as...

Risks include potential U.S. economic resilie...

How BDA Partners Became Asia’s Cross-Border Deal Leader in Sell-Side Investment Banking

Asia M&A Finance and Insurance

BDA Partners, founded in 1996, has grown to o...

More than three-quarters of its transactions ...

Strategic alliances with William Blair and th...

Recent recognition such as the 2024 “Investme...