Financials

Distributed ledger technology is moving into a more consequential phase for European financial markets. The question is no longer limited to whether individual institutions can issue, trade or settle tokenised assets. European policymakers and market participants are increasingly examining...

European capital markets are being asked to become larger, more integrated and more competitive without losing the benefits that come from having multiple market infrastructures. That makes financial market infrastructures an important part of the wider competitiveness discussion. The...

Macau has released a new five-year strategic blueprint aimed at reducing its heavy reliance on casino revenues. The plan places Macau Financial Services, digital currency adoption and deeper economic ties with mainland China at the centre of the territory's...

Canada and the African Development Bank Group are consolidating their financial partnership into a single integrated investment framework. The approach brings together development finance, export credit, climate finance and private-sector engagement under one coordinated structure, with the aim of...

Munich Re has announced an agreement to acquire At-Bay, a US-based insurtech company specialising in cyber insurance and proactive cybersecurity solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises. The cyber insurance acquisition values At-Bay at an enterprise value of $575 million...

The global financial ecosystem is currently traversing a period of unprecedented structural evolution, where the pursuit of post trade efficiency has become the cornerstone of capital markets transformation. For decades, the back-office functions of financial institutions were often viewed...

The global financial sector is witnessing a paradigm shift as the traditional boundaries between technology and finance become increasingly blurred. At the heart of this transformation is the deployment of AI operations in finance, a strategic move that is...