Analysis and commentary on trends shaping Asian financial services and markets.
Market Intelligence
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Canada is looking to diversify its trading relationships as trade tensions with the United States continue, and it has moved to repair ties with China after a difficult period. Beijing imposed tariffs on Canadian canola, pork and seafood in 2025 in response to Canadian surtaxes on Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum. In January 2026, Prime Minister Carney reached a preliminary deal in Beijing that cuts Canada's EV tariff in return for lower Chinese duties on canola. This briefing tracks what has changed in Canada–China trade, investment and policy since then, and what remains unresolved. It was produced with the assistance of an agentic research workflow, drawing on curated sources and official data.
Interactive Tool
An exploratory tool to compare multiple financial and performance dimensions of the largest Asian companies.
Designed for quick sector comparisons and to surface notable relationships and outliers; data is sourced from public finance APIs
and intended for illustration purposes.
May 2026 • External App
Interactive Dashboard
A comprehensive, data-driven examination of the Renminbi's evolution across six dimensions — payments infrastructure,
reserve currency adoption, capital market access, financial connectivity, digital currency, and geopolitical tailwinds.
Tracks key metrics including SWIFT global share, IMF reserve allocations, CIPS volumes, and e-CNY adoption from inception
to the present, with interactive charts and KPI tracking across all dimensions.
April 2026 • Interactive Dashboard
Opinion & Analysis
Hong Kong has once again ranked third in the Global Financial Centres Index. But what does this ranking actually measure?
We examine the GFCI methodology and take a closer look at Hong Kong's comparative strengths—and at some of the paradoxes that sit beneath the headline ranking.
March 2026 • 8 min read
Market Intelligence
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Industry intelligence on the structural, regulatory, and policy developments shaping Asian financial markets.
This edition covers accelerating ETF issuance, IPO resurgence across Hong Kong and India, expanded derivatives toolkits,
and how early-March volatility tested the region's evolving market infrastructure. Designed for financial executives
navigating cross-border activity and structural change.
March 2026 • 29 pages • PDF
