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        <title>AIIB targets climate adaptation and local currency financing</title>
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            As the bank eyes a record fundraising year, acting CFO Domenico Nardelli talks infrastructure, bonds, hard to price risks, and market opportunities.  
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        <author>Ryan  Cheng</author>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:23:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>Asian secondaries at early stage but poised for faster growth: Coller Capital&amp;#39;s Zhan Yang</title>
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            Asia secondaries activity is increasing as a result of geopolitical uncertainties, a growing private equity market and rising awareness, Coller Capital&#8217;s Zhan Yang tells FA. 
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        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:40:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>HSBC innovation chief Jonathan Yip maps Asia tech shift from code to atoms</title>
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            As venture capital rebounds and AI reshapes global investment priorities, Asia's innovation ecosystem is evolving along a distinctly different path, one where governments, capital markets, family offices and banks are increasingly working together to build the next generation of companies.
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:53:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>Bruno Le Saint, CEO Asia Pacific &amp;amp; Middle East, Natixis CIB on AI, digitisation and cross-border capital flows</title>
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            Natixis CIB's Asia Pacific & Middle East CEO discusses why data centres and AI are driving the region's next investment cycle, how geopolitical shifts are redrawing capital flows between Asia and the Middle East, and why banks will need new financing structures to support the scale of infrastructure investment ahead.
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        <author>Andrew  Tjaardstra </author>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:48:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>FA at 30: AIA&amp;#39;s Mark Konyn on Asia&amp;#39;s fast-changing financial ecosystem</title>
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            In a special interview, AIA's  group chief investment officer reflects on his career, how different crises have impacted Asia's financial sector, China's opening up and how investing is becoming more sophisticated. 
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        <author>Andrew  Tjaardstra </author>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:21:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>IWD 2026: Cecile De Sousa, COO, Apac, Natixis CIB on DEI, AI and decarbonisation</title>
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            Hong Kong-based De Sousa discussed resources, hybrid working, the bank's Green Weighting Factor and how artificial intelligence is an enabler, for International Women's Day. 
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        <title>Interview: Kazakhstan&amp;amp;#8217;s AIFC governor on the country&amp;amp;#8217;s capital markets</title>
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            The Astana International Financial Centre was established to support a modernised finance sector and capital market in central Asia&#8217;s largest economy. AIFC&#8217;s governor Renat Bekturov spoke to FA about the financial hub's progress, challenges and ambition. 
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        <author>Ryan Li </author>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:37:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>Hong Kong Fintech Week 2025: FTAHK&amp;amp;#8217;s CEO on regional partnerships, growing its member base</title>
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            Newly appointed Jean-Louis Tse shared with FinanceAsia his vision of growing the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:55:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>Interview: Trade finance closer to paperless reality as law, standards and tokenisation converge</title>
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            Hari Janakiraman, head of industry and innovation, transaction banking at ANZ, discussed legal frameworks, digital standards and tokenisation pilots, including Australia's Project Acacia, with FA in an exclusive interview. 
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 06:18:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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        <title>Q&amp;amp;A: HOPU Investments on Asia&amp;amp;#8217;s rising control investing</title>
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            Gunther Hamm, president of HOPU Investments, discussed with FA key drivers for the growing popularity of investors taking controlling stakes of companies in Asia. 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:09:00 +00:00</pubDate>
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