Depending on how they are designed, the rails conveying digital money can underpin an open monetary system or entrench a bipolar system of competing blocs with incompatible standards. For the US, cont ...

CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI), a Singapore-listed global real asset manager, has raised about S$150 million (US$116 ...

TotalEnergies has sold a 50% stake in its Greek subsidiary, which holds a 424-megawatt wind and solar portfolio, to ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a €172 million (US$202 million) loan with Turkish ...

As we enter 2026, the landscape for Asian ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) is shifting from a macro-driven environment, focusing on global interest rates and inflation, to a more "micro" and ...

Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) has appointed Sung Cheng Chih as non-executive and independent chairman, effective January 1 2026. He replaces Tan Cheng Han, who is relinquishing the role ...

From real estate to bonds, the rise of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is fundamentally reshaping global finance. By converting ownership rights into digital tokens on a blockchain, this technology ...

Hamburg-based wind and solar park operator Encavis has acquired five solar parks with a total generation capacity of 265 megawatts from EDP Renewables Italia Holding (EDPR Italy), a wholly owned ...

ING Bank has led a €375 million (US$441 million) debt refinancing and new capex facility for ITE Management’s European rail financing platform, enabling it to finance the expansion and modernization ...

I don’t write much about payments, but a number of developments in recent weeks – right up to the week before Christmas, in ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €250 million (US$295 million) loan to Spanish rail operator Renfe for the purchase of 101 electric trains that will expand and upgrade the ...

Global trade is on track to expand 7% from a year earlier to a record US$35 trillion this year before slowing in 2026, according to a recent report by the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).