Bangladesh is set to implement a significant structural overhaul of its money market as the central bank transitions away from bank-submitted reference rates towards a fully transaction-based benchmark system designed to reflect genuine market dynamics more accurately. The Bangladesh Bank has confirmed that the new framework—modelled on globally recognised standards such as the Secured Overnight […]

Malaysia’s insurance industry is entering a decisive phase of transformation, as mounting structural challenges threaten to render a growing proportion of risks economically uninsurable. This stark warning was delivered by Rangam Bir, Chief Executive of Transformative Financial Services, at the Asian Banking & Finance x Insurance Asia Summit 2026. Bir argued that the sector has […]