Andrew Tjaardstra

Over 100 people have been killed after a fire broke out at seven under renovation apartment blocks in Tai Po; China Taiping Insurance (Hong Kong) is a lead insurer of the construction site; many firms have offered donations to support those affected.

Ruminant Biotech, a New Zealand-based tech business looking to reduce methane emissions from pasture-based livestock, has raised around $9.5m in a Series A fundraising.

Proceeds from HKMC’s largest public bond offering will be used to help Hong Kong's elderly unlock the value of properties for livelihood needs and boost the silver economy.

Australian miner BHP Group has said that it is no longer considering a combination of the two mining giants and will instead focus on organic growth. Anglo American is in the process of a merger of equals with Teck Resources.

The Central Bank of the UAE has approved Zand, a digital bank, to launch Zand AED, a multi-chain AED-backed stablecoin.

It is the group's largest public IABS issuance to date and its first in the Rule 144A/Reg S format with US onshore investors involved. Clifford Capital's group CEO told FA the deal "reflects the growing interest and appetite in infrastructure returns from institutional investors".

Starting on November 17 Chihiro Ashizawa has joined from Clifford Chance. Meanwhile Ashurst is looking to merge with US law firm Perkins Coie to create a top-20 global firm with a footprint in Apac and the Middle East.

The FSDC's current director and head of policy research will start in February 2026 for a three-year term.

Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan described the government's issuance of a third digital green bond as "reflecting the market support for tokenised products". The many times oversubscribed issuance had a large range of global investors.

Jean-François Mastrangelo has joined the British bank in Hong Kong; he most recently worked at Societe Generale.