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Some governments may face mass job displacement without the tax revenue or state capacity needed to contain the social and political fallout theasset.com/article-esg/565… #ViewPoint #AI #Technology

Who are the likely winners and losers in the AI race?

The San Francisco Bay Area is in the midst of an AI frenzy that makes the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century look like a scavenger hunt. Top programmers and developers are being offered...

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Central banks in the region are turning digital currencies into programmable policy tools theasset.com/article/56558/a… #APAC #CBDC #DigitalAsset #Technology #Finance #CentralBanks

Asia’s CBDC drive moves beyond the consumer wallet

For much of the past decade, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were pitched as the next frontier for ordinary shoppers. Early pilot projects and central bank research papers focused almost...

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NBIM reveals crucial steps that must be taken to turn technology into a business advantage theasset.com/article/56559/h… #AI #SovereignWealthFund #Technology #Investment

Harnessing AI to help run Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, has pursued an ambitious journey to boost productivity by 20% through the use of artificial intell...

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Tech champion set to become the largest IPO in history has accumulated immense powers that governments will struggle to reclaim theasset.com/article/56540/s… #SpaceX #ViewPoint #Technology #CapitalMarkets

SpaceX is the new East India Company

Although SpaceX is not about to rule over foreign subjects, as the chartered companies founded in the early modern era did, it, too, is operating beyond the reach of any sovereign. And like its...

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Strong survey participation reflects growing confidence in local currency debt and commitment to excellence in the profession theasset.com/article/56553/a… #AssetBenchmarkResearch #LocalCurrency #Bonds #FixedIncome #Survey

Asset Benchmark Research: Investors reward resilience as bond markets evolve

If 2025 was the year when local currency (LCY) bond markets demonstrated their resilience, 2026 is increasingly becoming the year in which investors are differentiating more sharply between markets,...

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Strategy recycles realizations into new opportunities, allowing capital to remain fully deployed indefinitely theasset.com/article/56552/e… #Euro #Finance #APAC #Investors #Issuer #CapitalMarkets

Euro private debt lures Asian investors seeking evergreen exposure

Asian institutional investors are increasingly turning to European private debt strategies as they hunt for yield in a volatile global environment, drawn by resilient lower- to middle-market opport...

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Second tranche of 800 billion rupiah for Indonesia’s Global Mediacom priced tightly across three tenors theasset.com/article/56550/c… #Finance #CapitalMarkets #CGIF #Sukuk #IslamicFinance

CGIF completes largest rupiah bond and sukuk programme

The Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility (CGIF), a trust fund of the Asian Development Bank, announced on June 8 the completion of its guaranteed bond and sukuk programme for PT Global Mediacom of...

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Facility to support the import of infrastructure equipment and related capital goods into AIIB members theasset.com/article/56547/a… #AIIB #StandardChatered #TradeFinance #APAC #Partnership

AIIB, StanChart sign US$100 million trade finance deal

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Standard Chartered have signed a US$100 million agreement, under AIIB’s trade facilitation initiative, to support infrastructure-related trade...

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Investors continue to bet on AI promise, but debt, inflation and slow growth are fast catching up theasset.com/article/56539/m… #Investors #AI #Technology #ViewPoint #CapitalMarkets

Markets exuberant even as dark clouds gather

Markets are flying high despite geopolitical turmoil because a broad-based willingness to keep spending has been matched by an ability to keep doing so. But as more economic participants exhaust...

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Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan lead efforts in the region to accelerate reforms in Islamic banking and sukuk markets theasset.com/article/56531/i… #IslamicFinance #CentralAsia #Development #CapitalMarkets #Uzbekistan #Kazakhstan

Islamic finance gains strength in Central Asia amid regulatory shifts

As global Islamic finance expands beyond its traditional strongholds in the Gulf and Southeast Asia, Central Asia is positioning itself as one of the industry's most promising new frontiers.

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Bharath Shivappa, president & chief of markets at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) presents what needs to happen to bring this emerging key hub to the next level. #Finance #GiftCity #India #APAC #Development #IFC #TheAssetTalk #Presentation
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Hong Kong railway operator and property developer further diversifies funding sources and investor base theasset.com/article/56532/m… #Finance #HongKong #APAC #MTR #Bonds #Euro #ESG

MTR Corporation prices inaugural green euro bond

Hong Kong railway operator and property developer MTR Corporation continues to diversify its funding sources and investor base, pricing on June 3 its inaugural euro bond offering amounting to €3...

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Countries increasingly focusing on short-term energy priorities to detriment of long-term decarbonization goals theasset.com/article-esg/565… #ESG #ViewPoint #Sustainable #Energy #ClimatePolicy

Global shocks incentivize need for climate policies

As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global oil and gas flows, countries are increasingly focusing on short-term energy priorities to the detriment of long-term decarbonization...

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Defensive financial postures encouraged as prolonged Middle East conflict threatens to drive up energy costs, inflation theasset.com/article/56527/a… #Asean #APAC #Growth #Development #Economy

Asean 3 GDP growth to hold at 4.0% despite rising risks

Regional watchdog warns prolonged Middle East conflict drives up energy costs, inflation

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Most countries rely on cloud infra, software platforms owned by handful of powerful US tech firms theasset.com/article/56524/t… #ViewPoint #Digital #Technology #Infrastructure

Time for governments to work towards digital sovereignty

Despite efforts to build their own digital industries and infrastructure, most countries remain dependent on American tech firms for the provision of core government services. But government offici...

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Deal highlights country’s growing hyperscale importance, Southeast Asia’s push to build AI infra theasset.com/article/56519/b… #Indonesia #DataCentre #Technology #Finance #Development #Power

BDx secures Indonesia’s largest data centre power deal

Deal highlights country’s growing hyperscale importance, Southeast Asia’s push to build AI infra

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Nitin Chaturvedi, head of group treasury, markets and INR DCM at Adani Group details what funding avenues are opening up for corporates in India. #Finance #APAC #CapitalMarkets #India #DCM #TheAssetTalk
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Initiative targets green energy grids, infra, backs shift towards high-quality, innovation theasset.com/article/56518/a… #ADB #Vietnam #Growth #Development #APAC #Asean

ADB plans US$6 billion project pipeline for Vietnam’s growth

Initiative targets green energy grids, infra, backs shift towards high-quality, innovation

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Edify Energy initiatives will have solar capacity of 720MWp and battery storage capacity of 600MW / 2,400MWh theasset.com/article/56513/k… #Infrastructure #Development #Australia #BESS #Battery #Energy

KfW IPEX-Bank leads financing for Queensland solar-BESS projects

KfW IPEX-Bank is acting as a mandated lead arranger within an international banking consortium to support the construction and operation of solar and battery storage (BESS) projects in the Australian...

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Nandita Rajhansa, economist at Marcellus Investment Managers details India's economic evolution and growth trajectory. #India #Economy #APAC #TheAssetTalk #Investment #Manufacturing
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