Upticks in materials, capital goods, board diversification, and improved capital structures, focus on efficiency, emissions

Micro Connect has launched in Macau a global exchange for daily revenue obligations (DROs), a new asset class that connects institutional capital around the world with China’s micro and small businesses.

As if the United States' foray into inefficient subsidization was not bad enough, regulators have also announced excessive eligibility criteria for the same companies that they claim to want to help. From childcare requirements to new corporate taxes, the US policy mix is becoming increasingly muddled

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines’ central bank, has set a July 1 deadline for the full adoption of the country’s unified QR code standard for secure payments.

Over the course of several months, the board of editors at The Asset has taken note of these trends in Asia and has been carefully examining and understanding the various digital finance activities taking place in the region. As in previous years we are pleased to highlight this year’s The Asset Triple A Digital Awards winners who have excelled against a highly competitive and challenging market backdrop.

Fund managers and asset service providers in Asia are in a better position to automate their processes than their Western counterparts, a new report finds.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the level of threats in the global cyber landscape, sparking a flood of ideologically driven “hacktivism” that, driven by both sides of the conflict, has substantially put at risk the financial services sector, particularly for institutions in countries that Russia considers hostile, according to a recent report

Standard Chartered has launched working capital and lending capability on its Straight2Bank (S2B) online platform for businesses to manage their transaction banking needs.

Blackstone’s US$70 billion real estate income trust (BREIT) is now trading on LODASMarkets.com, a Kansas-based online marketplace for buying and selling alternative and real estate investments.

Solution allows Thai portfolio manager to deliver most up-to-date capabilities, better cost control

Digital platform companies could deploy the latest wave of artificial intelligence much more responsibly than they have so far, and two current court cases serve as warnings to those pursuing socially destructive business models. But we also need concerted public-policy action to fix the industry

Asian expansion comes as markets experience corporate, leisure travel rebound

Although Silicon Valley Bank itself was not systemically important to the US financial system, it could signal more widespread problems that are only just coming into view. Many other banks also have large portfolios of long-dated securities and would incur heavy losses if sold before maturity