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 ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...

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 ...