There is huge demand for wealth management services across northern and south-east Asia, although the recent crises around Credit Suisse and SVB are leading wealthy families to re-assess their banking providers

Chinese stocks have surged following the government’s abandonment of its lockdown policy and provided a shot in the arm to the whole region

Western banks expect Asia-Pacific growth to pick-up now China has emerged from lockdown, but are careful not to put all their eggs in one basket by diversifying across the region

Mayur Nallamala, head of Asian equity at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, believes there are still opportunities available in Chinese stocks, while the recent rally should benefit the wider region

There seems little prospect of a speedy reversal of China’s zero-Covid policy or its growing tensions with the rest of the world, argues Investec’s John Wyn-Evans

Many investors are unfamiliar with a country in which a stealth equity rally is taking place

China has aggressively rolled out the e-CNY but the initiative has met with only partial success so far

The world’s second biggest economy may have a questionable human rights record, slowing growth and a problematic relationship with the US, but it remains too important for investors to ignore