Markets

The challenge of sustaining sustainability

Periodic reviews, transparent integrity audits and desire for continual improvements during the journey might be essential to keep investors on the ESG trail.

January 20, 2021

Second life for Asia’s secondaries market

The secondaries may have struggled to find their feet after the global financial crisis, but have been a quiet achiever over the past few years. In Asia, they are now seen as set to blossom.

January 13, 2021

Hong Kong’s tough path to biotech glory

After the rapid strides it has made as a destination for biotech listings in less than three years, Hong Kong now faces bigger challenges in overtaking New York.

January 13, 2021

Hong Kong IPOs forecast to raise record amount in 2021, PwC says

Companies floating shares in city expected to raise between $54.2 billion and $59.3 billion this year, with biotech listings continuing to be active.

January 06, 2021

Central Asian economies: Is innovation the edge?

While Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan remain capital markets rivals, the latter appears to be pulling ahead.

January 06, 2021

Hong Kong MPF funds can now take a deeper dive into mainland bourses

It was once off-limits, but now MPF fund managers can put more of the pension pot into mainland China’s thriving and tech-heavy bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

January 06, 2021

Wider adoption of crypto-currencies 'inevitable,' says Bybit CEO

Bybit’s founder and CEO Ben Zhou elaborates in an interview on his bullish outlook for crypto-currencies and why mass adoption might just be around the corner.

December 16, 2020

China 2020 – a fixed-income market structure review

OPINION: From major changes to QFII and all the way down to a wide range of micro adjustments, 2020 was a period of significant progress for fixed-income markets in China.

December 16, 2020

China infrastructure

Infrastructure investment will play a key role in China’s economic recovery

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many governments globally are looking at infrastructure investment as a key driver of economic growth in coming years. While China’s economy has recovered relatively well compared to other nations, the government is once again looking at infrastructure investment as a pillar for economic growth.

By Moody's Investors Service

Philippines succeeds with opportunistic benchmark bond

With its third bond issue this year, the sovereign captured a favourable market window and is seen as unlikely to return in early 2021.

December 09, 2020