Tag Archives: Asia Pacific
Can South Korea Steal the Spotlight in Emerging Markets?
After political turmoil pushed it down in 2024,1 South Korea recovered and was the best-performing equity market globally in 2025 (as measured by the S&P Korea BMI), and it has continued to outperform as of August 2026 (up 78.7% YTD versus 14.8% for the S&P Global BMI). The performance of the stock market has fluctuated…
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130 Years of The Dow: Why It Still Matters to Asia-Pacific
How Wall Street’s Oldest Barometer Impacts Markets from Singapore to Seoul When Charles Dow published his first industrial average on May 26, 1896, Asia’s great stock exchanges had barely been born. Tokyo’s bourse was just 15 years old; Hong Kong’s exchange had yet to open its doors. Today, many Asian markets take cues from the…
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Tailwinds in Asian and Asia-Pacific Local Currency Fixed Income?
For decades, the U.S. dollar bond market has been the undisputed first choice for global issuers due to ease of access for global investors, scale of funding and underlying liquidity. However, growing uncertainties in the U.S. fiscal landscape are challenging the Treasury market’s status as the world’s primary safe-haven asset. As we move through 2025,…
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Indexing Covered Calls for Insurance
How can an emphasis on rules-based predictability provide greater clarity in risk and return assessment? In an interview with Insurance Asia News, S&P DJI’s Priscilla Luk explores how an index-based approach to covered calls may help insurance companies to mitigate the impact of market volatility.
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Contributions across Multiple Sectors as the S&P/ASX All Technology Index Outperforms
As well-known technology giants continue to make headlines globally, acquiring monikers such as FAANG and the Magnificent 7, there are smaller (yet no less innovative) Australian-listed companies across a range of sectors that are at the forefront of fast-paced technology advancements such as AI and digital transformation. The S&P/ASX All Technology Index outperformed all Australian…
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