Japan: 2025 Article IV Consultation
April 2, 2025-Summary
After three decades of near-zero inflation, signs are growing that Japan's economy is reaching a new equilibrium with inflation sustained at the Bank of Japan's 2 percent headline inflation target.
Spotlight on STAR Market Amid Tech-driven Rise in China
April 2, 2025-- As of March 31, China's technology sector has demonstrated exceptional resilience and growth, underscored by the strong performance of key indices such as the STAR AI Index and the STAR Growth Index, recording year-to-date increases of 18% and 12%, respectively.
HashKey Group and Bosera Launch World's First Tokenised Money Market ETF
March 28, 2025-The newly launched Money Market ETF will pioneer the integration of traditional finance and blockchain technology
HashKey Group ("HashKey"), a leading end-to-end digital asset financial services group in Asia, and Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Limited ("Bosera") today announce the launch of the tokenised money market ETFs, Bosera HKD Money Market ETF (Tokenised Class) and Bosera USD Money Market ETF (Tokenised Class), which have been approved by Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and will be formally launched in April.
Southeast Asia's Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms
March 25, 2024--Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.
Southeast Asia's major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades.
E Fund: Harnessing AI Trends in China to Drive Innovation and Enhance ETF Offerings
March 17, 2025-- The recent AI model developed by DeepSeek has taken the world by surprise and triggered a rally in Chinese tech stocks. As of March 12th, Wind data showed that the CSI Artificial Intelligence index recorded an impressive year-to-date gain of 14.7%.
Viet Nam's Economy Forecast to Grow 6.8 Percent In 2025: WB
March 12, 2025--Viet Nam's real GDP is projected to grow 6.8 percent in 2025 and 6.5 percent in 2026, according to the World Bank’s latest economic update report for Viet Nam-Taking Stock, released today.
Coinbase returns to India: Crypto exchange confirms securing FIU regulatory nod
March 12, 2025--The announcement comes more than a year after Coinbase ceased operations in India due to regulatory challenges with UPI services.
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase confirmed on Tuesday, March 11, that it has secured the necessary approvals from the country's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to re-enter the Indian crypto trading market.
Viet Nam's Economy Forecast to Grow 6.8 Percent In 2025: WB
March 12, 2025—Viet Nam''s real GDP is projected to grow 6.8 percent in 2025 and 6.5 percent in 2026., according to the World Bank's latest economic update report for Viet Nam-Taking Stock, released today.
KB Asset Management Launches KB RISE US Quantum Computing ETF, Tracking the Solactive US Quantum Computing Technology Index
March 11, 2025--Solactive is pleased to strengthen the partnership with KB Asset Management with the launch of KB RISE US Quantum Computing ETF, tracking the Solactive US Quantum Computing Technology Index. Designed to capture the growth of the leading innovators in the quantum computing industry, the index aims to offer investors targeted exposure to companies at the forefront of quantum technology.
China's 'two sessions' points to determination to rebuff Trump
March 11, 2025--China's leadership plans to increase the deficit, lower inflation rates and increase manufacturing capacity whilst supporting critical technologies
China's most important annual political gathering, the so-called 'two sessions', has as one of its main objectives the setting out of the year's priority economic targets. This was done this year by Premier Li Qiang, on 5 March.