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 structure of the bonds allows Chinese corporates to raise funds in multiple currencies with an onshore issuance. The Yulan bond market is still small.

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.

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.

The Asia-based travel experience platform revealed adjusted EBITDA profits for the first time in its public filing to the SEC.

Hong Kong-based Anoop Chaudhry will lead the Asia Pacific power, utilities, and infrastructure group at the global bank.

HKEX to welcome Middle Eastern issuer soon, while Xiaomi hopes to bring its EV products to Europe.

Starbucks is selling a majority stake in its China business to Boyu Capital in a deal valuing the market at around $4 billion

India’s largest digital brokerage Groww has opened subscriptions for its $754m IPO, marking one of the biggest listings of 2025. The Bengaluru-based firm secured strong anchor demand from top sovereign and institutional investors including GIC, ADIA and Norway’s wealth fund.

Emerging markets are fuelling the rise of stablecoins. New regulations mean that more institutions are tapping greater distribution that could reshape global finance, including in Apac.