South Asia

Singapore's MAS hopes to bring Silicon Valley to 'Nairobi, Jakarta, and São Paulo' with its latest ambitious global network initiative.

Dhaka is hoping to find its feet in 2025 after a dramatic year in which the power elite exited the country, leaving the economy flailing.

Hobeng Lim was appointed managing director to lead the finance sector in the Gelephu Mindfulness City. FA spoke to him about his new role, and how finance can embody the concept of ‘mindfulness’.

The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank and others, are providing support packages worth billions of dollars, to help with financial sector reforms.

The former head of Citi’s Apac equity derivatives trading will relocate from Singapore to Hong Kong and cover Asia South, Japan, Asia North and Australia.

Additional capital raised from CDPQ, GIC, Prudential and Temasek, joins UAE giant climate finance vehicle Alterra.

Sydney-based Dann to lead SocGen’s sustainable finance unit across Asia Pacific after previously running Australia and New Zealand.

With Indian equities accounting for over 20% of a major MSCI index, active managers may have a choice between raising their holdings in an expensive market or seeing higher tracking errors, as the Chinese market continues to come under pressure.

The newly created role for the former CEO of Bajaj Electricals is aimed at improving the PE firm's portfolio firms across India and Southeast Asia.