The private credit market is facing a series of negative high-profile events, including defaults and gating of funds. Does this spell the beginning of the end of the asset class?

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has reviewed the local stock exchange’s performance and issued a series of recommendations to tighten rules.

Sydney-headquartered insurer QBE has announced the appointment of a transactional liability lead for Asia. QBE has appointed Reuben Lee as transactional liability (TLI) lead for Asia, according to a ...

Women are the final decision makers on finances in most Asian households and they prioritize the welfare of family members, according to insurer Sun Life, but there is a cost behind such caregiving ...

The medtech & services sector entered 2026 with robust fundamentals. Following a period of heightened volatility in 2025, the segment is currently trading at an attractive valuation level in ...

Financial firms in mainland China and Hong Kong are spending significantly less than their global peers on AI despite ...

London-headquartered insurance broker Howden has expanded its M&A team in Asia with a dozen new hires. Howden has expanded its existing Asian M&A team of eight individuals with 12 new hires, according ...

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has obtained regulatory approval to purchase Hong Kong-listed brokerage Bright Smart ...

Grandtag Financial Consultancy’s Asia chief Martin Wong shares a commentary with finews.asia about not losing sight of the intangibles embedded within Asia’s intergenerational wealth transfer if ...

Australian reinsurer QBE Re has appointed a head of Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. QBE Re has appointed Soichiro Tanaka ...

The asset management unit of UBS has hired a former portfolio manager from Invesco to its China equities team.

A 30-year private banker and former EFG executive has joined Swiss external asset manager JAR as its vice chairman.