Disruption

Standard Chartered to cut 15% of back-office roles by 2030

The banking group has large back-office centres in India, China, Malaysia and Poland; over 7,800 such roles could be impacted. The bank has also increased its profit targets for 2030 and confirmed group CFO and COO appointments.

May 19, 2026

Opinion: China's deepening presence in Europe’s tech and manufacturing sectors

Rather than relying solely on exports, Chinese companies are gradually integrating into Europe’s industrial fabric, argues Collabrium Partners' Adam Zhang Yu.

May 15, 2026

ASX prepares for A$12bn Firmus Technologies IPO

Roadshows in Apac are under way for the IPO of the innovative data centre firm, which would boost Australia's sluggish ECM market.

May 07, 2026

HKMA grants HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial stablecoin licences

In a milestone development for the SAR, the two firms plan to launch and integrate stablecoin related payment products over the next few months.

April 12, 2026

Rajah & Tann splits disputes practice as Asian litigation grows in scale, complexity

The Singapore law firm is reorganising into four specialist verticals, betting that sector depth will win mandates as wealth conflicts, crypto cases and cross-border enforcements increase across Asia.

April 05, 2026

Apac M&A deals continue momentum with Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan buys

Recent deals have involved hotel, food delivery and energy assets from firms in Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and Thailand. Japanese corporates are seeking diversification in western markets.

March 24, 2026

Two Sessions: China faces challenges increasing domestic consumption; eyes AI boost

At this year’s Two Sessions, Beijing has indicated it is slowing GDP growth to “high quality development”; rapid AI innovation is set to spur modernisation.

March 22, 2026

AI and data centres help reshape Asia sustainable finance

Banks are abandoning the narrative of energy scarcity as AI drives a huge pivot towards energy abundance and infrastructure dominance, including in Asia.

February 08, 2026

KKR and Singtel agree S$6.6bn data centre M&A deal

Singapore's ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has 2.3GW of design capacity across 12 markets in Asia Pacific, the UK and Europe; it is the largest ever data centre deal in SEA.

February 04, 2026

HK fintech Wonder secures $12m venture debt from HSBC to expand Apac operations

Hong Kong payment platform Wonder has raised $12m in venture debt from HSBC Innovation Banking to accelerate its regional expansion.

February 03, 2026