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Morgan Stanley sets up digital asset lab

Morgan Stanley has built a digital asset lab where it can test things like stablecoins, tokenisation and decentralised finance applications.

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$9.6 Billion in Southeast Asian Upstream Assets Are for Sale Through 2027

Southeast Asia's upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) conversation has moved from which international oil companies (IOCs) are leaving to who is buying their way in.

  • $9.6 billion in Southeast Asian upstream assets for sale through 2027
  • $6.7 billion in asset sales in 2025 alone, with $9.8 per boe average
  • Key opportunities in Sarawak, Andaman Sea, and Kutei Basin

FMDA projects Nigeria’s liquidity inflows to fall 14.8% to N13.25 trillion in October

The Financial Markets Dealers Association (FMDA) has projected total liquidity inflows into Nigeria’s financial system at N13.250 trillion in October 2026, representing a 14.82% decline from the…

  • Nigeria's liquidity inflows to fall 14.8% to N13.25 trillion in October 2026
  • Open Market Operations (OMO) maturities to decrease 21.97%, dropping to N9.051 trillion
  • Treasury bill maturities and FAAC distributions to contribute N12.774 trillion to inflows

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