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High-Value VC Investments Concentrate Within Top 10 Markets In Q1-Q3 2025 As US Extends Dominance, Reveals GlobalData

Date 12/11/2025

High-value venture capital (VC) activity during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2025 remained overwhelmingly clustered within the world’s top 10 investment markets, with the US extending its dominance across both deal volume and value. The sharp concentration of mega-deals signals a maturing late-stage funding landscape, where capital increasingly flows toward established ecosystems, reshaping competitive positioning and leaving other markets with a shrinking share of global investor attention, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

New Dubai Financial Services Authority AI Survey: Generative AI Adoption Has Nearly Tripled Within The DIFC In Last 12 Months As Governance Continues To Develop

Date 12/11/2025

DFSA AI Survey 2025 report reveals:

• AI integration within DFSA Authorised Firms has accelerated rapidly: 52% of firms now use AI – up from 33% in 2024 – with growth particularly pronounced in the adoption of Generative AI (GenAi) which has nearly tripled in the last 12 months (+166%).​​​​
• Momentum continues to build: 60% of firms expect to increase their use of AI over the next 12 months, and 75% over the next three years – signalling that AI is on track to become a core operational component of financial services within the DIFC.
• Governance practices continue to develop: While 60% of firms have some form of governance structure for AI, 21% still lack clear accountability or oversight mechanisms, even in cases where AI use is critical to business operations.
• Firms are calling for greater regulatory clarity and guidance: on AI governance, ethical use, and supervisory expectations. Harmonisation of regulatory expectations across the UAE financial sector was also a request from firms.

SGX Indices Announces CSI SGX Asia 100 Indices - Bringing Developed, Emerging And Onshore China Markets Into One Transparent, Rules-Based Benchmark Suite

Date 12/11/2025

SGX Indices today announced the launch of the CSI SGX Asia 100 Indices, expanding its suite of Asia-focused benchmarks that offer diversified exposure to the region’s largest companies. This launch marks the second set of co-branded indices developed under SGX Indices’ collaboration with China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI), the index provider of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).

"Towards Achieving Trusted Open And Interoperable Networks" - Welcome Remarks By Mr Leong Sing Chiong, Deputy Managing Director (Markets & Development), Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The Layer One Summit, Singapore FinTech Festival On 12 November 2025

Date 12/11/2025

It is my pleasure to join you at the Layer One Summit. 

The summit launched a year ago with clear objectives. It aimed to promote deeper public-private sector conversations on ways to harness transformative technologies with finance, specifically in areas like AI and digital assets.

Bursa Malaysia Launches ThoughtStream To Encourage Independent Market Research - ThoughtStream Enables Market Enthusiasts To Contribute Credible Market Insights Through Licensed Investment Advisors

Date 12/11/2025

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or the “Exchange”) today launched ThoughtStream, a new digital platform that empowers investors, researchers, students, and market enthusiasts to share their independent research and perspectives on listed companies and market trends. By connecting contributors with licensed investment advisors, the platform provides a credible pathway for public research to reach a broader investing community.

Investing In China For Shared Wins: 2025 Shanghai Stock Exchange Global Investors Conference Kicks Off In Shanghai

Date 12/11/2025

On November 12, the 2025 SSE Global Investors Conference opened in Shanghai. Li Ming, Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Wu Wei, Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai, and Qiu Yong, Chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Huo Ruirong, Vice Chairman of the SSE, presided over the event. As a key annual flagship event hosted by the SSE for the global investment community, this year's conference centered on the theme "Value-driven, Openness-empowered, New Investmenet and M&A Opportunities for Global Investors", attracting over 100 renowned investment institutions from Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and other regions, with nearly 400 representatives registered and participated. Attendees engaged in in-depth discussions on new investment and M&A opportunities in China, the driving force of technological innovation, and the high-level opening of the capital markets.

AI And Central Banking, Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr, At The Singapore Fintech Festival, Singapore

Date 12/11/2025

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. It is an honor and a pleasure to be here with you in Singapore, a crossroads for global trade and finance, to discuss the transformational nature of artificial intelligence (AI). Like other central banks around the world, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, we at the Federal Reserve have been exploring the use of AI in our operations for quite some time as well as considering the implications of AI's adoption for the financial sector and the broader economy.

"From Pledges To Projects: The Role Of Credible Financing Solutions, Capabilities, And Capital" - Opening Remarks By Mr Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The COP30 Singapore Pavilion, Finance Day, On 12 November 2025

Date 12/11/2025

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to the Singapore Pavilion on Finance Day.

 Over the past three decades, the annual gatherings of COP have convened and rallied the world to align on common climate ambition and action.

ASIC Annual Forum 2025: Opening Remarks - Opening Remarks By ASIC Chair Joe Longo At The ASIC Annual Forum In Melbourne On 12 November 2025

Date 12/11/2025

Key points

• Australia is a highly attractive place to invest, with a sophisticated economy and strong institutions supported by an effective regulatory and governance framework.
• We are entering a very different economic era from the one we’ve known and Australia is not immune to global developments and disruption.
• If we want our economic prosperity to continue, we need to be ambitious and collaborative. Australia has a choice: innovate or stagnate.

HKEX Makes Strategic Investment In CMU OmniClear Holdings To Accelerate Development Of Hong Kong’s FIC Ecosystem

Date 12/11/2025

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce that it entered into agreements today (Wednesday) to acquire a 20 per cent stake in the holding company of CMU OmniClear Limited (CMU OmniClear), as the leading financial market infrastructure operators bolster their strategic partnership to advance the long-term development of Hong Kong’s fixed-income and currencies (FIC) ecosystem.