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South Korea's central bank governor nominee Shin Hyun Song warned that soaring oil prices and a weaker won are likely to push inflation higher, while weighing on economic growth, highlighting the policy challenges he is likely to face at the start of his tenure....

Amos Hochstein, Managing Partner at TWG Global, says the Middle East conflict has created a new geopolitical risk, with Iran using control of the Strait of Hormuz as leverage. Hochstein, a senior adviser to former President Joe Biden, spoke to Bloomberg on the sidelines of the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong. (Source: Bloomberg)...

HSBC Asia and Middle East Co‑CEO David Liao says the bank's broader customer base has shifted into "risk‑off mode" amid the Iran conflict. However, he notes that the balance sheets remain fairly stable across both wholesale and retail businesses. Liao spoke to Bloomberg on the sidelines of the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Chinese aluminum exports are expected to surge in coming months as buyers look for other sources of the metal to offset disruptions in the Persian Gulf....

Quantitative hedge fund Meridian & Saturn Capital said it won a $1 billion mandate to trade Chinese stocks, another sign investors are boosting allocations to the world's second-largest economy....

The Philippine central bank said it's providing relief measures to banks and their clients, including longer repayment periods, as the nation grapples with the fallout from the Middle East conflict....

China's onshore stocks have recouped their losses since the Iran war began, outperforming the broader Asian market with a more resilient economy and efforts to insulate it from an oil shock....

Leveraged bets on Taiwanese stocks climbed to their highest level in more than two decades as lingering uncertainty over the Iran war failed to deter investors from pushing the benchmark to new highs....

China's growth likely rebounded in the first quarter of 2026, offering policymakers time to assess the impact of the Iran war on the world's second-largest economy before stepping in with stimulus....

South Korea's import prices posted their biggest surge in nearly three decades, underscoring the scale of cost pressures rippling through the economy as the Iran war spurs a spike in oil and weighs on the won....

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hailed Anthropic PBC's Mythos as a revolutionary step that will keep America ahead of China in AI, endorsing an industry leader that's clashed with Washington over its role in military endeavors....

Brazil's new finance chief warned that a prolonged war in Iran could force central banks worldwide to act to contain inflation, complicating efforts to support economic growth....

The tiny South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency as a worsening fuel crisis linked to the Iran war exacerbates power supply issues and threatens essential services across the country....

As the US and Iran weigh a second round of peace talks in Pakistan, Miller Center Senior Fellow Mara Rudman breaks down the major sticking points. She discusses whether both nations can move past the disagreements to reach a way forward to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. (Source: Bloomberg)...

HSBC Private Bank and Premier Wealth has downgraded emerging Asian equities and slashed exposure to India, while raising allocations to gold, cash and hedge funds on Iran war risks and oil price shocks....

China's data center operators are tapping a fast-growing asset-backed security market, raising more than a billion dollars from investors hungry for higher yields....

Pacific Investment Management Co. bought all $400 million of bonds issued Monday by a Blue Owl Capital Inc. private credit fund, according to people with knowledge of matter....

A sustained drop in childhood vaccinations could cost the US about $7.8 billion in measles outbreaks over five years, a new study found....

Anthropic PBC has received several offers from investors for a new round of funding that could value the artificial intelligence startup at about $800 billion or higher — overtures that the Claude maker has so far resisted, according to people familiar with the matter....

Canadian manufacturer BRP Inc. withdrew its financial outlook for the 2027 fiscal year, saying it faces a C$500 million ($363 million) hit from recent changes by the Trump administration to its tariffs....