HSBC outlines e-commerce developments

New World Development advances Shanghai C-REIT spin-off

The Hong Kong developer wants to use proceeds of over Rmb3bn from listing its Shanghai K11 properties to improve liquidity and reduce leverage.

September 22, 2026

Alibaba combines domestic and international e-commerce business

The aim is to create synergies between Alibaba’s supply chain at home and abroad as competition intensifies.

November 26, 2024

SFF 2025: AI-driven cyber and deepfake risks emerge as top threats in financial services

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.

November 15, 2025

Vietnam’s SHB raises S$229m through CGIF-backed social bonds

The dual-tranche issuance is the first Singapore dollar bond from a Vietnamese issuer and will support lending to local MSMEs.

October 27, 2026

Central Asian issuers broaden funding with dim sum bonds, sukuk

The Eurasian Development Bank and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna have tapped the offshore Renminbi market, while Uzbekistan has struck its first sukuk listing on AIX.

October 23, 2026

HKEX appoints head of debt market development

Laurence Lau was most recently managing director and head of debt capital markets at Bank of China International.

April 21, 2026