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European shares gain ahead of key central bank decisions
March 17, 2026
Published Wed, Mar 18, 2026 · 06:02 AMEUROPEAN shares edged up on Tuesday, extending a calm start to the week, as investors battered by a selloff amid the Middle East...
Senior bankers quit Wall Street jobs for corporate roles in Asia
March 17, 2026
The talent squeeze is being further tightened by intensifying poaching from rivals and a rising demand for qualified IPO sponsorsPublished Tue, Mar 17, 2026 · 12:03 PM[HONG KONG] At...
Singapore stocks end higher on Monday as Middle East conflict enters third week; STI up 0.6%
March 16, 2026
[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Monday (Mar 16), as the conflict in the Middle East entered its third week and investors looked ahead to the US Federal Reserve’s...
Emergency oil reserves to flow to Asia immediately: IEA
March 15, 2026
Published Sun, Mar 15, 2026 · 11:56 PMTHE International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Sunday (Mar 15) that oil from a record stockpile release will be made available in...
US begins emergency oil reserve release of 86 million barrels
March 14, 2026
Published Sat, Mar 14, 2026 · 01:49 PM[WASHINGTON] The Trump administration started the process of a mammoth drawdown of the US emergency oil reserve, issuing a request to exchange...
In Depth: Secretive hedge fund at centre of Hong Kong insider-trading probe
March 14, 2026
A late-winter chill hung over Hong Kong on the afternoon of Mar 11, but in the city’s financial circles the mood was turning feverish. Rumours spread quickly: A Chinese...
Hong Kong proposes easing rules for dual-class share listings in competitiveness push
March 13, 2026
Published Fri, Mar 13, 2026 · 05:59 PM[SINGAPORE] Hong Kong’s stock exchange has proposed lowering market value thresholds for companies seeking to use a dual-class share structure – a...
Cambricon rides China AI boom to post its first annual profit
March 12, 2026
Published Thu, Mar 12, 2026 · 10:44 PM[HONG KONG] Cambricon Technologies reported its first-ever annual profit after Beijing encouraged China’s leading artificial intelligence developers to adopt locally made chips...
US stocks: S&P 500, Dow end lower as escalating Iran war sours risk appetite
March 11, 2026
Published Thu, Mar 12, 2026 · 05:59 AM[NEW YORK] US stocks closed lower on Wednesday as markets largely looked past a tame inflation report, focusing instead on intensifying hostilities and mounting...
Ares plans its first local currency private credit fund in Asia
March 11, 2026
Published Wed, Mar 11, 2026 · 11:35 AM[SINGAPORE] Ares Management is planning to establish its first Asia local currency private credit fund in Thailand, according to sources familiar with...
Singapore blue chips rise after Trump’s Iran comments
March 10, 2026
[SINGAPORE] Blue-chip counters in Singapore rebounded on Tuesday (Mar 10) after US President Donald Trump said overnight that the war with Iran would be over “very soon”.The Straits Times...
Bank of England hit by 5% inflation risk from war in Iran
March 9, 2026
An economist says that the doubling in natural gas prices alone will add 3 percentage pointsPublished Mon, Mar 9, 2026 · 10:50 PM[LONDON] The Bank of England (BOE) faces...