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From discounted AI valuations to an untapped private credit market, Asia's investment case has quietly outgrown the questions being asked about it.

Thailand’s SEC to overhaul regulatory frameworks for IPOs, cross-listings, ETFs; Maharlika SWF assigns $10m bridge loan to a copper-gold project; Li Lin's family office transfers its investment arm to capitalise on HK's bitcoin ambitions; and more.

China's CIC, Indonesia Investment Authority and Azerbaijan's SOFAZ launch $1bn private equity fund; Abu Dhabi consolidating China strategy by bringing together assets from Mubadala, L’Imad; and more.

Asia's private equity managers face a new reality: allocators want proof of performance, not promises.

Ping An Insurance Group to sell $1 billion software-focused private equity assets; ESR raises $850 million to expand APAC logistics and data centre businesses; Temasek Trust Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health raises $1.2 million in funding round for Singapore healthtech firm; and more.

CBus appoints new CTO; Mesirow expands APAC reach with Tokyo office; Merchant Australia names new executives; and more.

Australian Retirement Trust hikes global equities and international bond holdings; Hong Kong and Malaysia bourses launch co-branded large-cap index; Japan’s government fund Cool Japan supports Malaysian insurtech PolicyStreet's Series C funding round; and more.

A decade of excess capital deployed into Asia’s private markets has forced a fundamental repricing of risk and is now defining which managers survive the correction.

As competition weakens protections in the West, Asian private credit is emerging as a structural outlier.

The APAC region's exchange-traded fund market closed 2025 at a record $2.43 trillion, powered by China’s fixed-income boom and surging demand for gold.

Philippines' GSIS partners with JIC to improve valuations and risk assessments; Aware Super and TelstraSuper set to merge in next two months; NPS signs MOU with Allianz Global Investors; and more.

Aware Super appoints head of corporate superannuation team; Swiss Re taps APAC L&H Re business head; and more.