COMPANY WATCH — THE WANG REPORT

Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 02:16 AM GMT+8

FITCH PULLS TRIGGER: TAIWAN LIFE INSURERS FACE DOWNGRADE AS CURRENCY SURGES OUT OF CONTROL...

Fubon Life: Fitch puts Taiwan life insurers on downgrade watch after currency surge reuters

THE WANG REPORT — COMPANIES I'M FOLLOWING

FOLLOWING: AIA Group FWD Group HKEX AXA Manulife Fubon Life Crypto.com Anchorpoint (SCB) MTR Corporation HKJC

Fubon Life

FUBON QUIETLY DUMPS OVER $1 BILLION IN PE AND INFRASTRUCTURE STAKES... Secondaries Investor

REUTERS: FITCH ALARM SPREADS — TAIWAN LIFE INSURERS ON DOWNGRADE WATCH Reuters

DOWNGRADE WATCH CONFIRMED: CURRENCY SHOCK THREATENS TAIWAN LIFE SECTOR qwant news

FITCH DELIVERS STERN WARNING: TAIWAN INSURERS, YOUR CURRENCY IS KILLING YOU reuters

TAIWAN INSURERS UNLEASH BIGGEST CASH WAVE IN YEARS — WHERE DOES IT GO? Bloomberg.com

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDS STRONG — LIFE AND BANK UNITS CARRY THE LOAD Insurance Asia

FUBON LIFE POURS ANOTHER $110M INTO ALTERNATIVES AS APPETITE GROWS Alternatives Watch

FUBON GOES DIGITAL: CORE OVERHAUL BETS ON SPEED AND TRUST DXC Technology

Fubon-backed solar play craters on Taiwan debut qwant news

Fubon chief talks tough on solid year as missiles fly in Mideast startpage news

Fubon bets on solid 2025 despite Mideast headwinds Taipei Times

Fubon Life loads up on secondaries with $75m HarbourVest commitment Private Equity International | PEI

Fubon Life writes $75m check to Accel venture fund Private Equity International | PEI

Fubon Life sends €65m to EQT infrastructure Infrastructure Investor

EQT wins Fubon Life backing for transition infrastructure fund AltAssets Private Equity News

Pantheon lands Fubon Life for infrastructure play Infrastructure Investor

Fubon and Fabrix lock up 70,000 sq ft City office deal CoStar

Momo breaks revenue records as retail braces for transformation qwant news

Battery hunts $3.2bn as VC giants circle Venture Capital Journal

AIA Group

AIA Group

AIA SHATTERS RECORDS: $1.7 BILLION BUYBACK UNLEASHED AS NEW BUSINESS VALUE HITS ALL-TIME HIGH Reuters

INSURER GOES ON OFFENSE: RECORD 2025 FUELS MONSTER BUYBACK... qwant news

BUYBACK BONANZA: $1.7B RETURNED TO SHAREHOLDERS AFTER RECORD YEAR startpage news

EARNINGS CALL REVEALS: RECORD GROWTH AND BOLD STRATEGY AT AIA GROUP startpage news

CHINA MACHINE KICKS INTO GEAR: AIA CFO SIGNALS BUSINESS RAMPING FAST startpage news

43% RALLY AND STILL CLIMBING? ANALYSTS WRESTLE WITH AIA'S VALUATION yahoo news

INSIDE AIA'S Q4: FULL TRANSCRIPT REVEALS MANAGEMENT'S BOLD OUTLOOK startpage news

$41 MILLION IN JPMORGAN: AIA'S MASSIVE BET ON AMERICA'S BIGGEST BANK MarketBeat

AIA Doubles Down on PayPal as Fintech Bet Grows MarketBeat

AIA Makes $1.77M Move Into Travelers Companies MarketBeat

AIA Dumps United Airlines Shares... MarketBeat

AIA Snaps Up 11,000 Shares of Real Estate Giant CBRE MarketBeat

AIA Bets $1.75M on Tech Manufacturer Celestica MarketBeat

AIA Acquires Stake in Power Infrastructure Firm Quanta Services MarketBeat

AIA Takes New Position in Infrastructure Play Quanta Services National Today

AIA Quietly Picks Up Nearly 10,000 Shares of Waste Management MarketBeat

AIA Adds to Waste Management Holdings National Today

AIA Makes New Bet on Environmental Services Firm Clean Harbors MarketBeat

AIA Dips Into Lithium Play with SQM Investment MarketBeat

AIA Holds $1.35M Stake in FedEx Amid Logistics Uncertainty MarketBeat

AXA

AXA

AXA SCORES $908 MILLION COURT KNOCKOUT AGAINST SANTANDER Reuters

AXA FOUNDER CLAUDE BÉBÉAR DEAD AT 90 Insurance Journal

AXA FULL YEAR 2025: THE NUMBERS ARE IN AXA.com

AXA POSTS STRONG GROWTH ACROSS FULL-YEAR FINANCIALS Insurance Business

AXA XL SEALS 'DEBT-FOR-NATURE' DEAL WITH ENOSIS CAPITAL Reuters

AXA XL NAMES FIRST CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND AI OFFICER Risk & Insurance

SCOR AND AXA LAUNCH LLOYD'S CONSORTIUM FOR ECO RESTORATION Scor SE

AI REWRITES THE RULEBOOK: AXA BETS BIG ON MACHINE FUTURE QA Financial

World Fracturing Fast: AXA Survey Finds Risk Fears Surging Insurance Business

AXA Execs: AI Moment for Insurance is 'Historic' Reinsurance News

AXA Pays Tribute to Fallen Founder Bébéar... AXA.com

Krungthai-AXA Shakes Up Leadership, Names Acting CEO Insurance Business

AXA Releases Annual Future Risks Report AXA.com

AXA Brazil Exposes APIs at Scale with IBM's WebMethods Stack IBM

AXA Hunts 300 Insurance Entrepreneurs Across Spain Coverager

AXA Shuffles Deck with Key Business Appointments AXA.com

AXA Launches 'Safe Spaces' Training for Domestic Violence Victims AXA.com

AXA Pitches Full-Coverage Auto Plans to German Drivers in 2026 AD HOC NEWS

AXA Future Risks Report: Second Look at the Threats Ahead AXA.com

AXA Foundation Spotlights Human Progress Initiatives AXA.com

Anchorpoint (SCB)

Anchorpoint (SCB)

$1.5BN BUYBACK DROPS WEEKS AFTER FINANCE CHIEF BOLTS... Financial Times

STANChart SHUT OUT OF SINGAPORE COURT — 1MDB SHADOW LINGERS Reuters

AI CHIEF SHOWN DOOR BEFORE FIRST ANNIVERSARY Bloomberg.com

PROFIT MISSES, BUYBACK ANNOUNCED — MARKETS UNMOVED WSJ

WINTERS NOT GOING ANYWHERE — CEO PLANTS FLAG AS NUMBERS RISE Reuters

STANCHART SHOPPED INDIA CARD CUSTOMERS TO KOTAK, FEDERAL... Reuters

STANCHART BANKERS CASHING IN AT RECORD LEVELS eFinancialCareers

DOUBLE THE BANKERS FOR WEALTHY CHINESE — SINGAPORE BET GROWS Financial Times

StanChart mulls paring India credit card unit... MSN

Winters buys 86,000 shares — puts money where mouth is MarketBeat

Ex-UBS man tapped to lead private client sales push Reuters

StanChart raises Brent forecast on Hormuz standoff Reuters

No off-ramps in sight — StanChart warns on conflict, bumps oil call Rigzone

StanChart, COFCO ink $435M sustainability-linked supply chain loan ESG Today

Buyback continues with fresh repurchase and planned cancellation TipRanks

StanChart: AI surge could lift global growth 8% Taipei Times

Executives disclose share vesting and sales The Globe and Mail

IFC, StanChart Pakistan back $190M agri financing for Engro Fertilizers International Finance Corporation (IFC)

AWS case study touts StanChart digital transformation wins Amazon Web Services

StanChart Zambia files 2025 annual report AfricanFinancials

CLIENT NEWS

FWD Group

FWD Group

RECORD PROFIT... BUT NO DIVIDEND — AND MARGIN COLLAPSES 5 POINTS 富途牛牛

SIX-FOLD PROFIT SURGE IN DEBUT LISTED YEAR Insurance Business

FWD POSTS RECORD FULL-YEAR 2025 RESULTS ACROSS THE BOARD ACN Newswire

FWD RESHUFFLES SUITE: CFO SUCCESSOR NAMED IN LEADERSHIP SHAKE-UP Insurance Asia

FWD BOOSTS CAPITAL FORTRESS AFTER HONG KONG DEBUT TipRanks

FRESH BLOOD AT THE TOP: FWD ANNOUNCES WAVE OF SENIOR HIRES AsianInvestor

70% OF ASIA'S MIDDLE CLASS TOO ANXIOUS TO PLAN FINANCIALLY — FWD SURVEY Yahoo Finance

Net margin climbs to 5.3% — but high-growth story under scrutiny... simplywall.st

Valuation wobbles as momentum stalls after listing pop Yahoo Finance

FWD reports US$166M net profit for full year TradingView

FWD books record $166M under new IFRS 17 accounting standard Insurance Asia

Board convenes March 2026 — dividend decision looms... TipRanks

FWD among Asia insurance movers in latest personnel roundup Insurance Business

FWD files full-year 2025 earnings results marketscreener.com

FWD Group confirms FY net profit of US$166 million marketscreener.com

Analysts run the fundamentals on FWD Group post-IPO marketscreener.com

FWD formalizes board compensation committee mandate TipRanks

FWD sets audit committee oversight framework TipRanks

FWD board risk committee mandate formalized TipRanks

FWD establishes nomination and governance committee terms TipRanks

Manulife

Manulife

MANULIFE DROPS Q3 NUMBERS — WALL STREET WATCHING... PR Newswire

MANULIFE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND SMASHES TARGET — $5.5 BILLION AND OVERSUBSCRIBED PR Newswire

MANULIFE BETS BIG ON INDIA: 50-50 LIFE INSURANCE JV WITH MAHINDRA PR Newswire

MANULIFE OPENS $350 MILLION LONGEVITY LAB — BANKROLLING IMMORTALITY PUSH THROUGH 2030 PR Newswire

DEAL DONE: MANULIFE COMPLETES COMVEST CREDIT PARTNERS GRAB PR Newswire

MANULIFE TEARS UP THE PLAYBOOK — NEW ENTERPRISE STRATEGY UNVEILED PR Newswire

MANULIFE MONEY MOVES: COMVEST RECAPITALIZES AC MILAN... PR Newswire

Manulife inks cancer-detection deal — Shield test coming to Asia PR Newswire

Manulife, Bupa join forces in Hong Kong healthcare push PR Newswire

Manulife goes all-in on AI — picks Adaptive ML to power enterprise machine learning PR Newswire

Manulife's Thooft: dollar still king in 'pogo stick' markets Bloomberg.com

Manulife hunts overlooked Singapore small-caps with new income play PR Newswire

Euromoney crowns Manulife Asia's top insurer for wealth management The Korea Herald

Manulife | Comvest leads $130M Sylmar refinancing PR Newswire

Guardant Health rides Manulife partnership into Asian cancer-screening market Insider Monkey

Manulife rallies Asia around longevity at debut symposium PR Newswire

Manulife plants flags — Impact Forests initiative goes global PR Newswire

Manulife signals buyback — normal course issuer bid on deck PR Newswire

Is Manulife cheap after the pullback? Analysts crunch the numbers Yahoo Finance

Manulife declares common share dividend — no surprises PR Newswire

MTR Corporation

MTR Corporation

HUMAN ERROR BLAMED FOR HONG KONG ISLAND LINE MELTDOWN... South China Morning Post

MTR PROFITS CRATER 6.9% AS MAINLAND CHINA REVENUES COLLAPSE South China Morning Post

KING OF THE RAILS: CEO JAM TAPPED AS NEXT MTR CHAIRMAN South China Morning Post

UBS SLAPS SELL ON MTR; RESULTS MISS ACROSS THE BOARD AASTOCKS.com

MTR SMASHES RECORD WITH A$2 BILLION AUSSIE GREEN BOND BLITZ South China Morning Post

MEGA DEAL: MTR LOCKS IN HK$30 BILLION 7-YEAR GREEN LOAN Yahoo Finance

GREEN LIGHT: MTR WINS APPROVAL TO EXTEND SOUTH ISLAND LINE 7.5KM South China Morning Post

SIGN WARS: MTR FACES RENEWED PUBLIC FURY OVER STATION NAME CHANGES South China Morning Post

WORKERS REVOLT: MTR PAY RISE FALLS SHORT OF UNION DEMANDS South China Morning Post

MTR Q4 earnings deck drops — read the tea leaves Seeking Alpha

MTR preps Tsuen Wan line signalling overhaul for March... South China Morning Post

Zero bids: no takers yet for Kam Sheung Road Phase 2 富途牛牛

MTR sets April 15 deadline for Kam Sheung Road Phase 2 tender The Standard (HK)

MTR goes Copilot: Microsoft AI deal promises smoother rides Microsoft

MTR pulls trigger on Kam Sheung Road Phase 2 tender, deadline October 富途牛牛

MTR Lab inks ecosystem deal with ZGC Science City PR Newswire

MTR crowned Issuer of the Year by IFRE ifre.com

JCDecaux and MTR tout the future of out-of-home advertising PR Newswire

MTR Care App 2.0 bags IAB Hong Kong AI award Yahoo Finance

MTR announces Tuen Ma Line tweaks for Feb and Mar service VisaHQ

CLIENT NEWS

HKEX

HKEX

HKEX CHIEF SOUNDS ALARM: GLOBAL CHAOS DRIVING CAPITAL FLOOD INTO ASIA... CNBC

DIRECTORS BOLT AS JIYI HOLDINGS PURGED FROM HKEX... TipRanks

108% SURGE: IS HKEX THE HOTTEST EXCHANGE ON THE PLANET? Yahoo Finance

HKEX EYES SWEEPING OVERHAUL TO LURE WORLD'S INNOVATORS Jiemian.com

2026 LISTING REVOLUTION: HKEX REWRITES THE RULES IN SECRET IndexBox

HKEX MAKES STRATEGIC BET ON HONG KONG'S BOND MARKET FUTURE hkex.com.hk

HKEX DROPS HAMMER ON PUBLIC FLOAT DODGERS... Morgan Lewis

VOYAH STORMS IN — DONGFENG SHOWN THE DOOR AT HKEX Law.asia

HKEX seals new IPO price discovery regime Morgan Lewis

Can listing reforms restore Hong Kong's faded IPO crown? South China Morning Post

The great IPO secrecy debate: should all applications go dark? South China Morning Post

Skymission wins reprieve as float sinks below HKEX floor TipRanks

HKEX to shrink board lots in bid to jolt trading volumes Yahoo Finance

Air China quietly trims Cathay Pacific stake to 77.47% TradingView

Launch Tech clears HKEX hurdle for H-share conversion TipRanks

HKEX launches Tech 100 Index, eyes index business expansion hkex.com.hk

HKEX floats board lot shake-up for public comment hkex.com.hk

HKEX quietly adds new stock option classes hkex.com.hk

HKEX looks back on a busy 2025 hkex.com.hk

Stock data placeholder — no editorial value hkex.com.hk

Crypto.com

Crypto.com

CRYPTO.COM AXES 12% OF WORKFORCE IN AI PURGE CNBC

THIRD BLOODBATH IN FOUR YEARS: A PATTERN EMERGES... Yahoo News Singapore

CEO TO AXED WORKERS: YOUR ROLES 'CANNOT ADAPT' Business Insider

BLOOMBERG: AI OVERHAUL TRIGGERS MASS RESTRUCTURING Bloomberg.com

BOSS WARNS: MOVE FAST ON AI — OR GET MOVED OUT CoinDesk

CRYPTO FIRMS SLASH JOBS — ALL CITING SAME REASON dlnews.com

CFTC GREENLIGHTS BITCOIN, ETHEREUM AS MARGIN COLLATERAL AMBCrypto

AI CAMPAIGN PULLS TRIGGER ON HUNDREDS OF JOBS PYMNTS.com

Gemini, Crypto.com both point finger at AI for downsizing... Gizmodo

CEO pushes enterprise-wide AI as staff pays the price The Block

Singapore giant warns: adapt or be replaced The Times of India

TechRepublic: Targets roles that 'do not adapt' TechRepublic

The Information: 12% gone, AI gets the credit The Information

Banking Dive: The AI push in two words — you're fired Banking Dive

Yahoo Finance: Adopts A.I. technologies, loses the humans Yahoo Finance

Shift to AI in layoffs hitting 12%... qz.com

The Block (2nd report): Enterprise AI drive costs hundreds their jobs The Block

BTC pushes toward $75K — Crypto.com stays bullish Crypto.com

Miners pivot from bitcoin to AI... BeInCrypto

2008-style crisis ahead? Crypto investors brace for zero rate cuts AMBCrypto

HKJC

HKJC

BILLION-DOLLAR BAILOUT: HKJC DUMPS MAMMOTH PORTFOLIO TO CANADA FIRM Bloomberg.com

JOCKEY CLUB IN $500M SELLOFF SCRAMBLE... Secondaries Investor

HKJC INKS '2 CITIES, 3 RACECOURSES' PACT WITH GUANGZHOU TOURISM MACHINE South China Morning Post

HO TAPPED TO CAPTAIN HKJC SQUAD IN PRESTIGIOUS SHERGAR CUP South China Morning Post

CEO PROCLAIMS DERBY 'DESTINY' AS YEAR OF THE HORSE GALLOPS ON HKJC CEO Blog

149TH DERBY DECLARED PUNTERS' ULTIMATE CHALLENGE BloodHorse

ATZENI HUNTS MIDWEEK EDGE BEFORE BMW DERBY SHOWDOWN DRF

MEGA 8: HK BETS BIG ON WORLD-CLASS SPORTS SPECTACLE StreetInsider

Etches chases Derby ghost — 33 years after heartbreak, Ibis is his shot South China Morning Post

Newnham: Invincible Ibis is my 'one chance' at immortality South China Morning Post

14 horses, one crown — who wins the Derby? Horse Racing Nation

Road to Derby: Elite four-year-olds chasing once-in-a-lifetime glory DRF

Wide draws, cool heads: Lor and Ting unrattled ahead of Derby South China Morning Post

Best Bets: Circuit Champion poised to shine at Sha Tin South China Morning Post

Best Bets: Rainbow Seven to dazzle at Happy Valley South China Morning Post

From track to music stage — HKJC gives retired racehorses new life South China Morning Post

Wednesday at Happy Valley: Free picks and analysis Horse Racing Nation

Race result: Aster Handicap, Happy Valley, Mar 18 South China Morning Post

Retrofuturism meets the races at Hong Kong's newest dining spot wallpaper.com

Ceramics exhibition opens at Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre Ocula