Australia Tightens Mortgage Lending Rules to Rein In Risky Loans
SYDNEY, 27 November 2025 — Australia’s financial regulator has moved to tighten mortgage-lending standards for banks, in a bid to curb risks associated with high debt burdens and…
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Gold Holds Steady as Traders Weigh U.S. Rate-Cut Hopes and Ukraine Peace Progress
SINGAPORE / HONG KONG, 25 November 2025 – Gold prices remained largely steady on Monday as investors balanced rising expectations of a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest-rate cut with…
Asian Stocks Set to Extend Gains as Rate-Cut Hopes Mount for U.S. Fed
HONG KONG / SINGAPORE, 25 November 2025 – Asian equity markets were poised to open higher on Wednesday as optimism built that the Federal Reserve may cut interest…
Singapore Banks Push Gold-Vaulted Digital Banking Amid Global Uncertainty
SINGAPORE, 25 November 2025 – Major Singapore-based banks, notably Standard Chartered Bank (“StanChart”), OCBC Bank and Sea Group-backed digital banking ventures, are actively promoting gold-vaulted wealth and digital…
Malaysia’s Army Fund to Cut Affin Bank Stake to 9% as Government Reshapes Institutional Ownership
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 November 2025 — Malaysia’s armed-forces pension fund, Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), will reduce its shareholding in Affin Bank Berhad to 9%, marking a significant…
Wall Street Rises on Tech Rebound and Strengthening Rate-Cut Hopes
NEW YORK, 25 November 2025 – U.S. equity markets closed notably higher on Monday as a rebound in technology stocks combined with rising odds of a policy easing…
Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings Ltd Revises Proposed Stake in Malaysia’s Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad to 30%
Kuala Lumpur / Singapore, 24 November 2025 – Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, is reported to have scaled back its proposed acquisition of a stake in Malaysia’s Alliance Bank…
Ringgit Opens Slightly Higher as Investors Weigh Mixed Fed Signals
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 November 2025 — The Malaysian ringgit opened slightly firmer against the US dollar this morning, as markets digested conflicting signals from the Federal Reserve (Fed)…
Gold Holds Ground as Markets Weigh Next U.S. Rate Cut
LONDON, 23 November 2025 — Gold prices remained relatively steady on Sunday despite heightened market uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve will proceed with another interest‐rate cut. Futures…
DWS Cuts Asia Private Credit Team Amid Strategic Shift at Deutsche Bank’s Asset-Manager Arm
FRANKFURT, 21 November 2025 — DWS Group, the asset-management unit of Deutsche Bank AG, has dismissed its entire Asia-Pacific private-credit team as part of a broader strategic pivot…