Institutional investors stories

Pepperstone Crypto says digital assets are moving into the mainstream as regulation, ETFs and younger investors reshape how traders access markets.

Greening AI data centre coalition sets global benchmarks as pressure mounts over power, water and green finance for booming server farms.

9fin expands into Asia Pacific with a full credit market platform, giving banks and asset managers wider access after its USD $170 million fundraise.

State Street names Enoch Yiu top institutional journalist as 250 entries spotlight pension, markets and private capital reporting across Asia-Pacific.

Salmon backs Philippine consumer finance push with USD $60 million equity round and USD $40 million bond issue as it scales lending.

Japan institutions grow more bullish on crypto as Nomura survey shows stronger diversification interest and rising appetite for stablecoins.

Study finds AI now shapes investment research for 78.3% of users, with strongest enthusiasm in the Middle East and Latin America.

Addepar sets up Singapore base for product engineering and commercial teams as it deepens support for clients across Asia-Pacific wealth markets.

Ripple and Kyobo Life trial blockchain settlement for South Korean government bonds, aiming to cut processing times from two days to near real-time.

Tether invests USD $134 million in listed stablecoin platform as stablecoin use surges past USD $300 billion and eyes public market access.

L&G Asset Management puts £50 billion liquidity fund range on Calastone's tokenised network for blockchain-based access on Ethereum and other EVM chains.

CoinGecko finds USDT and USDC made up two-thirds of pairs on top crypto exchanges, as reserve values climbed to USD $225.4 billion.

SLR deepens its digital climate analytics offer with the acquisitions of Planetrics and ClimSystems, targeting asset-level risk modelling.

Re7 Capital teams up with Zodia Custody to give selected funds on-chain representation and off-exchange settlement for institutional clients.

AlphaSense boosts international leadership as it expands multilingual AI market intelligence across Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond.

OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.

BlackRock has retained the top APAC fund brand spot for a fifth year as JPMorgan, PIMCO and Blackstone jostle in Broadridge's latest ranking.

Earlyasset emerges from stealth with $2 million pre-seed backing to build infrastructure for broader private market share sales.

MetaComp rolls out VisionX and AgentX to tighten AI-led payment checks, as it develops a Know Your Agent standard for finance.

Aligned Data Centres lands USD $2.58 billion revolving credit line as institutional lenders back US build-out amid AI-driven demand.