Expert views

As Iran conflict drags on, verbal intervention may no longer be enough to suppress prices.

By Mark Chng, Head of Fixed Income & Currencies Sales, Southeast Asia

By David Jiang, Head of Industry Group, Industrial and Technology, Asia Pacific.

We are delighted to be participating in Sibos 2026, the world’s premier financial services event organised by SWIFT, taking place in Miami, USA, from 28 September to 1 October 2026.

In conversation with Jeff Mortara, Global Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets and Head of TMT Investment Banking for the Americas.  

An article following the opening remarks of Quentin Decaux, Real Estate Structured Finance, during the Student Living France 2026 Forum, published on The Class Foundation website, a partner-based non-profit organization dedicated to advancing student housing across Europe.

By Wei Yao, Global Chief Economist and Head of APAC Research at Societe Generale

Steel remains a cornerstone of Europe’s industrial fabric. It supports hundreds of thousands of direct jobs and underpins critical sectors, from infrastructure and energy to automotive and defense. In a context of geopolitical tensions and disrupted trade flows, maintaining a resilient domestic steel industry has become a matter of strategic autonomy.

For decades, the global energy agenda has been framed around transition: decarbonization pathways, renewable deployment and climate targets. That paradigm is shifting. The central question is no longer only how fast we can decarbonize, but who controls the resources, technologies and value chains that enable it.