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International

ECB warns high valuations boost financial-stability risks

The Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report mentioned “resilience” eight times in 2015; by November 2024, the term had become the dominant theme in the text. This linguistic shift has become a systemic governing principle without operational meaning.
Opinion & Features

How ‘resilience’ became global finance’s mirage of strength

Tokenisation promises to unlock new frontiers.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Asset tokenisation is no longer optional for financial institutions

CMG20251002-ChuaKT03 蔡家增 Archival shot of Singapore waterfront, CBD area [ Marina Promenade Area ]
Opinion & Features

Singapore’s ‘secret sauce’ is balancing trust, stability and unorthodox innovation: Piyush Gupta

Amro, in its latest flagship financial stability report, calls for closer monitoring of unlisted micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in raw materials and manufacturing, whom they say may have relatively higher levels of debt-at-risk.
ASEAN Business

Asean+3 financial stability at mercy of US policy swings, tested by greenback’s decline, banking’s digital shift

Representation of Bitcoin coin cryptocurrency is seen in this illustration taken September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Wealth & Investing

Bitcoin treasury companies: Infinite money glitch?

Financial firms reconfigure their operations – from global integrators to jurisdictional separators, from efficiency maximisers to compliance optimisers, from universal service providers to selective gatekeepers.
Wealth & Investing

The impossible choice: tariffs, sanctions and fragmentation

The crypto crises are coming
Opinion & Features

The crypto crises are coming

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Stocks surged at the fastest pace since 2022 and bonds fell after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent fueled hopes of trade deals, marking a dramatic shift in Wall Street sentiment following a selloff that chopped trillions of dollars off global markets. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Opinion & Features

Shadow banks are too big to stay in the shadows

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, December 24, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
International

Pope orders cardinals to cut unnecessary spending, achieve zero-deficit

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