https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/hong-kong/hong-kong-bank-loans-deposits-september-hkma/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00Hong Kong Bank Loans Rise 7.7% This Year as Trade Finance Jumps, HKMA Data Show https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/hong-kong/hkma-fintech-week-agentic-ai-project-sage-tokenisation/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00HKMA Launches Project SAGE for AI Agents in Banking, Opens 24/7 Tokenized Settlement https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/hong-kong/aia-third-quarter-new-business-value-falls/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00AIA New Business Value Falls 5% in Third Quarter as Mainland China Sales Drop 33% https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/india/india-fiscal-deficit-first-half-fy27-target/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T05:57:47+08:00India's Fiscal Deficit Hits 42.1% of FY27 Target in First Half as Fuel Tax Cut Bites https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/india/india-core-sector-output-september-pmi-exports/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00India's Core Sector Output Grows 7.9% in September, Fastest Pace in the New Series https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/india/maruti-suzuki-profit-falls-record-sales-commodity-costs/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Maruti Suzuki Profit Falls 27% Despite Record Car Sales as Commodity Costs Bite https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/india/foreign-investors-sell-indian-stocks-october-nifty-gains/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Foreign Investors Pull INR 348 Billion From Indian Stocks in October, but Nifty Gains 1.9% https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/indonesia/indonesia-export-growth-target-palm-oil-reference-price/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Indonesia Sticks to Export Growth Goal as Palm Oil Reference Price Falls 6% https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/indonesia/bca-third-quarter-profit-loan-growth-guidance/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00BCA Profit Rises 4.2% to Rp45.2 Trillion as Bank Lifts 2026 Loan Growth Target to 12% https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/indonesia/indonesia-coal-dmo-smelter-captive-power-plants/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Indonesia to Drop Smelter Power Plants From Coal DMO After 78.5 Million Tons Last Year https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/japan/japan-factory-output-rebounds-retail-sales-slow/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00Japan Factory Output Jumps 2.2% in September as Retail Sales Fall for a Second Month https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/japan/advantest-raises-profit-forecast-record-quarter-ai-testers/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00Advantest Lifts Profit Forecast 14% to 967 Billion Yen After Record AI Tester Quarter https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/japan/nikkei-225-october-loss-ai-selloff-kioxia/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00Nikkei 225 Sheds 5.2% in October as AI Selloff Hits Kioxia and Chip Stocks https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/korea/south-korea-october-exports-chips-trillion-dollars/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00South Korea's October Exports Jump 93.7% to $115.3 Billion as Chip Sales Rise 259% https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/korea/hyundai-motor-q3-profit-cuts-2026-guidance/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00Hyundai Motor Q3 Profit Rises 5.5%, but It Cuts 2026 Margin and Sales Targets https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/korea/kia-q3-profit-tariff-relief-margin-guidance/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:09:10+08:00Kia Q3 Operating Profit Jumps 24.3% on Tariff Relief, but Its 8.3% Margin Goal Slips Away https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/singapore/singapore-third-quarter-jobs-growth-retrenchments/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T05:56:45+08:00Singapore Adds 27,700 Jobs in Third Quarter as Retrenchments Climb to 4,800 https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/singapore/keppel-nine-month-profit-asset-monetisation/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T05:56:45+08:00Keppel Core Profit Rises Over 20% in Nine Months as Asset Sales Beat Target https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/singapore/singapore-coe-quota-november-category-a-premium/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T05:56:45+08:00Singapore Lifts COE Quota 1% to 19,298 as Category A Premium Sits Near S$133,009 Record https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/singapore/singapore-factory-output-september-pharma-slump/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Singapore Factory Output Growth Slows to 3.4% in September as Pharmaceuticals Drop 65.9% https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/singapore/great-eastern-third-quarter-profit-falls-72/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Great Eastern Third-Quarter Profit Falls 72% on Market Losses, Indonesia Unit Sale https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/singapore/mercosur-singapore-trade-pact-argentina-in-force/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T13:34:25+08:00Singapore's Mercosur Pact in Force as Argentina Joins, Phasing Out Tariffs on 96% of Goods https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/southeast-asia/vietnam-vn-index-october-foreign-selling/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T05:56:45+08:00Vietnam's VN-Index Ends October 1.5% Lower as Foreign Investors Keep Selling https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/southeast-asia/thailand-september-economy-ai-exports-tourism-slump/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T05:56:45+08:00Thai Private Investment Jumps 21.6% Month on Month in September on AI Data Centers https://capitaltimes.asia/asia/southeast-asia/penang-johor-malaysia-record-exports-chips/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T05:56:45+08:00Penang Ships 52.6% of Malaysia's Record RM215 Billion September Exports on Chip Demand https://capitaltimes.asia/business/consumer/japan-tobacco-raises-forecast-record-profit-ploom/Capital Timesen2026-10-31T06:08:54+08:00Japan Tobacco Raises Profit Forecast to Record 662 Billion Yen as Ploom Sales Jump https://capitaltimes.asia/business/deals/pag-evergrande-property-services-51-percent-stake/Capital Timesen2026-10-31T14:53:36+08:00PAG Agrees to Buy 51% of Evergrande Property Services for HK$4 Billion, Below Market https://capitaltimes.asia/economy/growth-inflation/china-official-pmi-october-factory-contraction/Capital Timesen2026-10-31T14:53:36+08:00China's Factory Activity Shrinks as Official PMI Falls to 49.3, Missing Forecasts https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/culture/china-box-office-october-lull-31-billion-yuan/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T10:32:23+08:00China's 2026 Box Office Tops 31.5 Billion Yuan as Post-Holiday October Lull Sets In https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/culture/universal-music-q3-mrs-green-apple-stray-kids-japan/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T10:32:23+08:00Universal Music Revenue Rises 11.7% as Mrs. Green Apple and Stray Kids Lead Top Sellers https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/culture/m-plus-moma-centre-pompidou-museum-alliance/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T10:32:23+08:00Hong Kong's M+ Joins MoMA and Centre Pompidou in Alliance to Share Collections https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/food-drink/moutai-third-quarter-profit-i-moutai-sales/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T10:28:35+08:00Moutai Profit Rises 3.8% in Third Quarter as i-Moutai App Sales More Than Quadruple https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/travel/japan-tax-free-shopping-refund-system-visitors/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T10:28:35+08:00Japan Ends Tax-Free Checkout for Visitors, Scraps 500,000 Yen Cap in Refund Overhaul https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/watches-collecting/geneva-watch-auctions-november-patek-journe-rolex/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T10:32:23+08:00Geneva Watch Auctions Open Fall Season With CHF 4 Million Patek Philippe as Top Lot https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/watches-collecting/lvmh-watches-jewelry-q3-sales-tiffany-bulgari/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T10:32:23+08:00LVMH Watches and Jewelry Sales Rise 6% in Third Quarter as China Weighs on Fashion https://capitaltimes.asia/life-arts/watches-collecting/christies-hong-kong-ai-lian-tang-jadeite-snuff-bottle/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T10:32:23+08:00Christie's Ai Lian Tang Sale Fetches HK$214 Million as Jadeite Bottle Soars https://capitaltimes.asia/markets/commodities/gold-one-year-low-fed-hike-ai-selloff/Capital Timesen2026-10-31T06:08:54+08:00Gold Sinks Below $3,900 to One-Year Low as Fed Hike Bets and AI Sell-Off Spur Selling https://capitaltimes.asia/markets/currencies/asian-currencies-october-rupee-yuan-won-yen/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T04:30:47+08:00Asia's Currencies Close October Mixed as Rupee Gains About 1% and Yuan Hits 4-Year High https://capitaltimes.asia/markets/stocks/jakarta-composite-index-october-worst-month-msci/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T10:28:35+08:00Indonesian Stocks Lose 16.7% in October, Their Worst Month Since the March 2020 Crash https://capitaltimes.asia/opinion/editorials/binance-hack-asia-crypto-exchange-custody-rules/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T11:27:19+08:00After the $6.3 Billion Binance Hack, Asia's Regulators Should Set One Custody Standard https://capitaltimes.asia/opinion/editorials/asia-ai-chip-export-dependence-concentration-risk/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T11:27:19+08:00Asia's AI Chip Export Boom Is Real. Governments Should Treat It as a Concentration Risk https://capitaltimes.asia/opinion/editorials/mpf-default-fund-fee-cap-reform/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T11:27:19+08:00Hong Kong Should Cut the MPF Default Fund Fee Cap and Make DIS Easier to Choose https://capitaltimes.asia/personal-finance/investing/korean-retail-investors-tiger-sp500-etf-record/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T11:14:27+08:00Koreans Pour Record 5.18 Trillion Won Into Mirae's S&P 500 ETF as Kospi Swings https://capitaltimes.asia/personal-finance/retirement/mpf-october-loss-back-to-back-asian-equities/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T11:14:27+08:00Hong Kong MPF Heads for 1.54% October Loss, Its First Back-to-Back Monthly Drop of 2026 https://capitaltimes.asia/personal-finance/saving-banking/singapore-fixed-deposit-rates-maybank-hong-leong/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T11:14:27+08:00Singapore Fixed Deposits Pay Up to 2.19% as Maybank, Hong Leong Finance Raise Offers https://capitaltimes.asia/personal-finance/tax/india-tax-audit-deadline-itr-november-21/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T11:27:19+08:00India's Tax Audit Deadline Passes; Audited Businesses Have Until Nov. 21 to File Returns https://capitaltimes.asia/personal-finance/tax/japan-food-consumption-tax-cut-1-percent-diet/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T11:27:19+08:00Japan's Bill to Cut Food Consumption Tax to 1% Nears Lower House Vote, With Worker Benefits https://capitaltimes.asia/personal-finance/tax/hong-kong-laos-tax-treaty-withholding-dividends-interest/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T11:27:19+08:00Hong Kong Signs 61st Tax Treaty, With Laos, Halving Withholding on Interest to 5% https://capitaltimes.asia/property/commercial/link-reit-sells-700-nathan-road-mong-kok-loss/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T11:14:27+08:00Link REIT Sells Mong Kok's 700 Nathan Road for HK$2.3 Billion, 61% Below 2016 Price https://capitaltimes.asia/property/commercial/shanghai-office-vacancy-falls-first-drop-cbre/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T11:14:27+08:00Shanghai Office Vacancy Falls to 24.4%, Its First Drop This Year, as Robotics Firms Lease Up https://capitaltimes.asia/property/residential/china-top-100-developers-sales-october-poly/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T04:30:47+08:00China's Top 100 Developers Sell 2.54 Trillion Yuan Through October as Poly Clings to Lead https://capitaltimes.asia/property/residential/hong-kong-home-prices-september-rents-record/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T11:14:27+08:00Hong Kong Home Prices Rise 0.19% in September as Rents Hit Another Record High https://capitaltimes.asia/tech/fintech-crypto/bitcoin-october-loss-uptober-binance-hack/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T10:28:35+08:00Bitcoin Ends October Down 7.3% Near $77,500 as Binance Hack Sinks 'Uptober' https://capitaltimes.asia/world/americas/mexico-gdp-third-quarter-beats-forecasts-india-trade/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Mexico's Economy Grows 3.2% in Third Quarter, Beating Forecasts as Exports Lift Industry https://capitaltimes.asia/world/americas/amazon-aws-growth-220-billion-capex-asia-suppliers/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Amazon Keeps $220 Billion Spending Plan as AWS Grows 39%, a Boon for Asia's Suppliers https://capitaltimes.asia/world/americas/bank-of-canada-raises-rate-oil-inflation/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Bank of Canada Raises Rate to 2.5% in First Hike Since 2023 as Oil Keeps Inflation Near 3% https://capitaltimes.asia/world/europe/euro-zone-gdp-third-quarter-ecb-december/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Euro Zone Economy Grows 0.4% in Third Quarter as France Shrinks, ECB Eyes December https://capitaltimes.asia/world/europe/mercedes-benz-profit-outlook-cut-china-sales/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Mercedes-Benz Cuts 2026 Profit Outlook as China Car Sales Fall 31% in Third Quarter https://capitaltimes.asia/world/europe/shell-q3-profit-lng-canada-asia-buyback/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Shell Profit Nearly Doubles to $10.8 Billion as LNG Sales Rise, Canada Plant Targets Asia https://capitaltimes.asia/world/middle-east-africa/middle-east-fertilizer-exports-fall-hormuz-urea/Capital Timesen2026-11-01T05:57:47+08:00Middle East Fertilizer Exports Fall 70% Even as Non-Iran Oil Flows Regain Prewar Levels https://capitaltimes.asia/world/middle-east-africa/opec-plus-holds-december-output-2027-quotas/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00OPEC+ Holds December Oil Output at 31.01 Million Barrels a Day, Sets Up Nov. 29 Test on 2027 https://capitaltimes.asia/world/middle-east-africa/emirates-nbd-third-quarter-profit-rbl-bank-india/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00Emirates NBD Profit Flat at 6.4 Billion Dirhams in First Full Quarter With RBL Bank https://capitaltimes.asia/world/middle-east-africa/south-africa-budget-debt-peaks-growth-cut/Capital Timesen2026-11-02T12:26:22+08:00South Africa Says Debt Has Peaked at 78.4% of GDP, Cuts 2026 Growth Forecast to 1.2%