Institutional investors stories

Blue Cloud Softech plans India-wide AI-first data centre push, investing up to USD $1bn to build 800 MW of high-density, sovereign cloud capacity.

Conviction 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City aims to shift Vietnam’s thriving crypto scene towards institutional finance and global policy alignment.

Zerocap unveils instant Bitcoin-to-IBIT swap, letting big investors move into BlackRock’s spot ETF structure without exiting BTC exposure.

Australian executives ramp up data governance and AI for reporting by 2026, tackling siloed information and slow access to real-time insight.

Openmarkets adds two non-executive directors and a new CFO to bolster governance and growth plans ahead of its proposed Nasdaq listing.

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT posts higher income and an 8.6% rise in portfolio value to SGD $18.2 billion, despite lower payout per unit.

GoCanopy secures EUR €2.1m seed funding to build an AI-driven “system of record” for institutional real estate investors in Europe.

Fingular taps Kilde for SGD $10m credit line to fund Southeast Asia expansion, ramping up Malaysia consumer lending under Tambadana.

Schneider Electric tops 2025 global ESG rankings with best-in-class scores from World Benchmarking Alliance, EcoVadis, CDP and MSCI.

Moomoo assembles top strategists for a free 2026 outlook webinar, dissecting AI, commodities, US volatility and regional market plays.

CFOs are devoting more time to investors as AI accelerates research, driving faster, higher-volume engagement and tighter response demands.

Qubitra, backed by SC Ventures and Fujitsu, maps out quantum apps and a marketplace to push finance use cases into production by 2026.

Asian investors poured USD $28.2 billion into bond funds in 2025, making fixed income the region’s anchor allocation amid volatility.

Pathzero teams with major climate data providers to unify emissions and risk reporting across public and private investment portfolios.

German sustainability software firm osapiens raises USD $100m Series C led by Decarbonization Partners, propelling it to unicorn status.

YAP Global appoints Otto Jacobsson as CEO, signalling expansion and a broader service mix as the crypto and digital assets sector matures.

Bitget posts USD $8.17 trillion in 2025 derivatives volume as institutional crypto and tokenised TradFi trading surge on its platform.

January Capital raises over USD $130m for an Asia-Pacific growth credit fund targeting sponsor-backed technology companies.

Binance is banking on Australian institutions and new rules to push crypto from speculative sideshow to mainstream finance by 2026.

Wisr joins fintech consortium to tokenise a AUD $250 million asset-backed security in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Project Acacia pilot.