The Asset Magazine

Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. is a comprehensive multimedia organization dedicated to serving the top corporate and financial leaders in Asia. Established in 1999, we have earned a strong reputation for providing reliable and impartial coverage, along with independent research on Asia's financial sector through five main channels: 1. Engaging both users and providers of financial services in Asia. 2. Promoting thoughtful discussions among regulators, issuers, and investors in the region. 3. Offering valuable insights into Asia's financial markets. 4. Acknowledging companies that have achieved excellence in their fields. 5. Creating an interactive platform for issuers and investors to connect. Through these esteemed services, Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. enhances communication and fosters a better understanding between the users and providers of financial services throughout Asia.

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US seeks to pre-empt foreign, domestic AI regulation

6 days ago | theasset.com | Brian Chen

Five months into his second presidency, Donald Trump is already ushering in a new era of imperial technological governance in which both domestic and foreign regulatory authorities are subordinated to a US administration increasingly dominated by Big Tech. Silicon Valley has cultivated its political influence through aggressive lobbying and strategic presidential appointments.
Asean+3 must set free-trade example in fragmented world

1 week ago | theasset.com | Hoe Ee Khor |Jae Lee

The risks posed by the fragmentation of the multilateral trading system transcend mere inefficiencies. Without a coherent, rules-based framework, global value chains will become vulnerable, investment risks will rise, and smaller, trade-dependent economies will be left increasingly exposed to the arbitrariness of bigger nations. More alarming still, fragmentation is heightening geopolitical tensions.
UK

1 week ago | theasset.com | Keith Mullin

Amid the multiple strands of the UK government's mammoth multi-year public spending and investment programme laid out in the so-called Spending Review 2025 on June 11 was an item few will have paid much attention to: a £10.3 billion ( US$11.89 billion ) increase in the financial capacity of the British Business Bank ( BBB ), the state economic development agency, to £25.6 billion.
Indonesia's LCY bond market set for stronger growth

2 weeks ago | theasset.com | Darryl Yu

Indonesia's local currency bond market has solidified its position as a vital component of the nation's financial ecosystem, reaching a size of 7,688 trillion rupiah ( US$471 billion ) as of December 2024, according to data from AsianBondsOnline.
Redefining asset servicing in the digital age

3 weeks ago | theasset.com | Bayani Cruz

In asset servicing, operational excellence is about going into the weeds without neglecting the big picture, looking at how the parts contribute to the whole, taking every step, and asking why. Soh has been chosen as Digital Custodian Banker of the Year at the Asset Servicing Leadership Awards 2025. This level of attention to detail builds resiliency, crystallizes the client's needs, and paves the way to level up the service offering to the provider's target markets.
NatWest back in private hands but GFC wreckage still visible

3 weeks ago | theasset.com | Keith Mullin

"Government completes exit from NatWest," screamed the headline in a British government press release on May 30th. "Final share sale ends nearly 17 years of public ownership." It was more of a symbolic moment than anything else because it bookended a sorry episode that began with the bank's dramatic emergency state bailout at the time of the Global Financial Crisis ( GFC ). But while NatWest has returned to private hands, the wreckage of those crisis years is still visible.
Regulating stablecoin development in Asia

1 month ago | theasset.com | Darryl Yu

Estimated to have a global market capitalization of around US$200 billion, according to data from CryptoQuant, stablecoins have grown in prominence in recent years, with users seeing the asset class as a balanced position between decentralized finance and traditional finance. Unlike Bitcoin or Ethereum, stablecoins are a subclass of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value relative to a specific asset such as US dollar, gold, or a basket of assets.
Investors diversifying fixed income exposures amid uncertainty | The Asset

1 month ago | theasset.com

As market uncertainties grow, investors are increasing allocations to fixed income, particularly higher-quality bonds, and seeking geographical diversification.
UK ramps up passenger rail nationalizations

1 month ago | theasset.com | Keith Mullin

I've been thinking a lot about infrastructure recently, in particular who owns it. As I wrote recently in a comment on this platform about ( predominantly foreign ) UK airport ownership, the notion of profit-seeking private institutional investors owning public infrastructure and siphoning off huge amounts of capital from the realm of the public has always been abhorrent in the eyes of many. As a new era of economic protectionism rears its head, that really doesn't fit the model.
Data centres should shore up sustainability to attract funds

1 month ago | theasset.com | Jayde Cheung

Amid the increasing trend of the market to leverage sustainable financing to fund energy-intensive data centres - a sector that is booming because of the rising power consumption involved in artificial intelligence ( AI )-related computing - the sustainability practices of some data centres are worrying investors, according to a recent report.