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01 Sep, 2026

Private Markets in Asia: Greater Access, Greater Scrutiny

Asia is entering a competition for private capital. Across the region, governments face substantial financing requirements in infrastructure, energy transition, technology and increasingly AI infrastructure and data centres. At the same time, institutional investors, private banks, family offices and wealth managers are seeking greater exposure to private credit, infrastructure, real estate and other alternative assets. […]

25 Aug, 2026

Child online safety in Asia-Pacific: A fragmenting regulatory landscape

In 30 seconds A regional patchwork is emerging Governments across Asia-Pacific are rapidly experimenting with different combinations of regulatory interventions in parallel. The result is a patchwork of frameworks for businesses to navigate. There is particular momentum around age-based restrictions. Australia has become the region's principal reference point following its legislation restricting children under 16 […]

16 Jun, 2026

RMB internationalisation: Hong Kong's opportunity and its ceiling

John Marrett Lisa Ross Oriane Voets

Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan (5YP) consultation, published 15 June, identifies the consolidation of Hong Kong’s position as the leading global offshore Renminbi (RMB) centre as a key policy priority. This is not a new theme. On 20 May, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (FSTB) Christopher Hui’s speech to the Legislative Council (LegCo) reiterated the Hong Kong authorities’ view that RMB internationalisation is core to the […]

26 May, 2026

Malaysia's Online Safety Codes: What Platforms Need to Know

David Skelton Edika Amin Ewan Lusty Sarah Lim

On 22 May, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) published the Child Protection Code (CPC) and Risk Mitigation Code (RMC) under the Online Safety Act 2025 (ONSA). Both Codes take effect on 1 June. The Codes arrive at a moment when child online safety is a hotly debated issue across Asia-Pacific. Australia is enforcing its world-first under-16 social media ban, Indonesia has brought minimum age threshold and child safety design obligations into […]

07 May, 2026

AI-Pac January-April edition: Flint’s Digest on AI Policy in Asia-Pacific

Abigail Chen Ewan Lusty Sarah Lim

AI-Pac is Flint’s digest providing our take on major AI policy and regulatory developments in Asia-Pacific. In a fast-moving environment, this newsletter is designed to help you stay on top of the regulatory agenda and consider what it means for your business. Please see here for our previous blogs, spanning 2024 and 2025. In each […]

29 Apr, 2026

Hong Kong’s evolution as an international finance centre

Konrad Lee Lisa Ross Matthew Chan Oriane Voets

Hong Kong’s third place ranking in the latest edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), closely following New York and London, underscores its ongoing global significance – and change. As the Special Administrative Region (SAR) prepares its first five-year plan (5YP) for 2026-2030, Hong Kong’s policymaking is increasingly being shaped by shifts in financial activity as supply and demand for capital intermediated through the international finance centre (IFC) evolves. Located on the front doorstep of one of the world’s largest evolving sources of capital, issuers and wealth, Hong […]

28 Apr, 2026

How energy insecurity is reshaping relationships in the Asia-Pacific

James Crabtree Katie Whitting

Asia-Pacific bearing the brunt of shortages Roughly 80% of crude oil and LNG passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, making the region especially vulnerable to the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East. The scale of impact varies market-to-market: Beyond energy, the impact is compounded by second-order supply disruptions. The possibility of fertiliser shortages is a particular concern – India, […]

15 Apr, 2026

Digital ID in APAC: past rollout and towards implementation

Adam Gear Adam Hendry Ewan Lusty

APAC leads the world in digital ID adoption For years, digital identity systems have been an aspirational goal for most of the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Today, these systems have been rolled out across the continent. In the last five years the region has moved away from pilots and towards focusing on utilisation rates and applications for these systems. Early adopters such […]

08 Apr, 2026

Prediction Markets: From Regulatory Grey Zone to Pricing the Future

Daniel Trinder

Prediction markets are moving from the periphery of finance into the regulatory mainstream, emerging as a tool for pricing uncertainty in real time. They challenge a core assumption of financial systems: that markets exist to price assets. Instead, they assign probabilities to future events—creating a new layer of market-based intelligence for capital allocation, risk management […]

17 Mar, 2026

Enablers of technological progress in the Asia-Pacific

Arpit Gupta Ethan Teo Ewan Lusty

Infrastructure: the physical foundations of digital ambition As digital and AI ambitions accelerate across the APAC region, governments are increasingly focused on the physical infrastructure that enables technological progress. In the coming year, APAC governments will continue to place heavy emphasis on building “sovereign” digital infrastructure that is resilient to increasingly unpredictable geopolitical shifts. Key areas […]

12 Mar, 2026

What can ASEAN learn from Europe’s capital market integration?

Daniel Trinder David Wright

ASEAN is seeking to deepen capital market integration in order to mobilise regional savings for investment, reduce reliance on extra-regional financing, and strengthen resilience to external shocks. This agenda has gained urgency amid heightened geopolitical tensions and a shifting global economic order in which middle powers are increasingly pursuing greater strategic and financial autonomy. The […]

03 Mar, 2026

Asia-Pacific Policy Outlook for Investors in the Year of the Horse

Gwenda Ang Katie Whitting Laurence Van der Loo Lisa Ross

Here are our top 10 considerations for APAC investors in 2026  Related insight: For more on APAC regulatory fragmentation and where risks may emerge, see Flint’s take on private market dynamics and early engagement strategies in the region — Private Market Developments in APAC — Now is the time to engage 2. Competition enforcement is becoming more […]

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