Trusted Insights. Asian Perspective.
Digital wealth platform Syfe has surpassed S$20 billion in assets under management, a scale milestone supported by investment and trading activity across several markets.
The United States, Japan and South Korea have launched a new economic-security consultation, bringing industrial policy and supply-chain resilience closer to the centre of their diplomatic agenda. Their foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly and agreed to coordinate more closely against economic coercion, disruptive export restrictions and policies they say create harmful overcapacity.
Industry data put 2025 humanoid-robot sales at about 7,000 for industrial and professional use, underlining both the market’s early stage and its growth potential.
Singapore’s labour market kept expanding in the second quarter, but higher retrenchments, fewer vacancies and slower re-employment reveal growing selectivity.
Chinese and Hong Kong equities rose ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as investors anticipated near-term stability but limited progress on structural disputes.
AI chips, high-bandwidth memory and advanced packaging are driving semiconductor growth, while consumer and automotive recovery remains less consistent.
Donald Trump’s intensive UN General Assembly schedule brings Ukraine, Gulf security, alliances and trade into a concentrated market-moving agenda.
A renewed energy shock is pushing major central banks toward cautious tightening, testing bonds, currencies and rate-sensitive equities worldwide.
The FBM KLCI’s expansion to 50 constituents will broaden sector exposure and create stock-specific flows through a phased rebalancing process.
Australia is linking AI copyright reform, child-safety regulation and technology investment as it seeks a credible framework for the digital economy.
