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As many as 87 percent of investors in Asia Pacific expect greater market volatility over the next year, with only 5 percent planning to maintain their existing strategic allocations, according to Schroders' Global Investor Insights Survey 2026.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Clifford Capital, and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) announced Wednesday that the Energy Transition Acceleration Finance partnership (ETAF) has achieved its first close with $250 million in committed capital for its displacement strategy.

Malaysia and China have agreed to deepen cooperation in science, technology and innovation (STI), with both countries expanding collaboration in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, renewable energy and advanced materials.

Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology has proposed establishing a National Venture Capital Fund with an initial capital of $100 million for the 2026-2028 period.

If Asia wants to build stronger innovation ecosystems, the answer may not be creating more ideas. It may simply be building better systems around the ideas that already exist.

Thailand’s data center sector is set to sustain strong medium-term growth, driven by a rapidly expanding pipeline of hyperscale investments and supportive government policies, even as execution risks around power supply, grid readiness and costs begin to emerge, BMI Country Risk & Industry Research said Monday.

Agentic commerce, bank-backed wallets, and Click to Pay are the three technologies expected to have the most significant impact on consumer payments over the next 12 months, according to the Consumer Payments Tech Horizon report, released by Juniper Research.

ChemT Biotechnology, an AI-driven biotechnology company based on Singapore, has closed a $4 million seed round led by Wavemaker Ventures and co-investment partner SEEDS, an arm of SG Growth Capital, with support from Wavemaker 360 Health, Draper University Ventures, and Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said Malaysia’s digital finance ecosystem is entering a more mature phase but faces key structural challenges, including fintech profitability pressures, rising cyber risks and regulatory gaps in fast-growing credit segments such as buy-now-pay-later (BNPL).