As significant changes occur to tasks, management will need to monitor the needs of future talent and regulatory issues as AI adoption increases in the Asian financial centre.

Financial markets in the Middle East, Apac and across the world are being hit as the price of a barrel of crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil surges above $100; the impact on aluminium is another issue.

Banks and payment giants at the Singapore FinTech Festival warned about deepfakes, cyberattacks, and AI-driven fraud even as they push aggressively into agentic AI and design their firms around AI-native operating models. With risks rising, leaders said 2026 will force a balance between ambition and safeguards.

As the US Fed meets this week, investors are watching the oil price, inflation, geopolitics, shipping and aviation risks.

Asia's listed firms must raise their corporate governance to improve market conditions, as international investors continue to eye the US stock market, the Asian Corporate Governance Association has warned.

Banks need access to better analytics to improve knowledge of their loan portfolios and to formulate their risk appetite, according to experts from Aon and XDI.

Asia’s infrastructure sector is at a crucial stage of growth and transformation, offering appealing investment prospects. Long term partnerships will be key.

As 28 countries, including Pakistan, Laos and Sri Lanka, suffer from a debt trap, despite past criticism and amid high US interest rates, Washington is asking China to help mitigate the debt risks.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore wants the credits to help with the retirement of coal plants, which account for 60% of energy supply in the region, and replace them with cleaner sources.