From Tasks to Workflows: Agentic AI in Capital Markets
Private capital continues to flow into long-life infrastructure, from energy networks to ships on long-term charters, and the way these investments are managed is changing as well. Drawing on 2026 research from BCG, McKinsey, Deloitte, The Private Markets Forum, the HKMA and the FTAHK, this piece looks at how AI in capital markets is moving from individual tasks to agentic workflows, and how Hong Kong is shaping that shift.
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Ships as Infrastructure: What the 2026 Data Shows About a Private-Market Asset Class
Infrastructure is one of the fastest-growing asset classes in private-market fundraising, valued for essential services and steady, long-term income. Ships carry most of the world's trade and, when employed on long-term contracts, share those traits. This piece updates the case for shipping as part of the infrastructure asset class and what it means for private-market investors.
The Name Gets You In. The Structure Decides What You Own.
Two SEC cases in seven weeks involved funds sold on access to SpaceX and other pre-IPO names, and both Anthropic and OpenAI have said unapproved transfers of their shares may not be recognized. In each case, what decided the outcome for investors was not the company but the structure between the investor and the share.
The Open System of Record: Why EVIDENT builds private market infrastructure on a public network
Institutional counterparties ask us: you are an SFC-licensed firm operating under regulatory supervision. Why would you build on an open, permissionless network that anyone can join, rather than on a private network you control? It is a fair question and it deserves a full answer.
Hong Kong Sets the Timetable: Traditional Finance Is Moving onto Digital Rails
Within twenty-four hours in September, one financial capital paused its digital-asset rulebook and another published a five-year plan, and a Policy Address, that schedule the move of traditional finance onto digital rails. A first-hand read of what Hong Kong is building.
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