Citi has announced key appointments in its markets and treasury and trade solutions (TTS) business while reiterating its commitment to supporting corporates in Asean on their regional and global ambitions.

The emerging East Asia’s local currency bond market (LCY) expanded at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of 2022 due to a deceleration in the issuance of government bonds. According to the latest issue of Asia Bond Monitor published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on March 28, the slowdown was driven by a decline in issuance as most of the jurisdictions had fulfilled their borrowing requirements earlier in the year.

Cagamas, the National Mortgage Corporation of Malaysia, has priced a package of issuances amounting to 1.4 billion ringgit (US$318 million) ahead of the latest Fed rate hike.

IFC invests US$45.60 million in the climate financing facility targeting Indian renewables

Start-ups in China raised US$6 billion in venture capital across 458 deals in January-February 2023, down 52.2% in value and 29.1% in volume from the same period last year, figures from data and analytics provider GlobalData reveal.

US$120 million investment targets digital, energy transition infrastructure opportunities

Following the latest banking crisis, monetary authorities should seriously consider how modern digital technologies could be used to avert such problems in the future. A central bank digital currency would both eliminate many barriers to financial transactions and end the risk of bank runs once and for all

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.

When a bank fails in the United States, questions about who is to blame are often directed at many different regulatory agencies, because the system is complex and hard for outsiders to understand. In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the case for an overhaul could not be stronger

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.

If the US Federal Reserve raises its policy interest rate by as much as is necessary to rein in inflation, it will most likely further depress the market value of the long-duration securities parked on many banks' balance sheets. So be it

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