As populations across the world get older and wealthier, the real spending power of the over-65s is set to rise by 4-5% per year, compared with closer to 1% for other adults*.

*HSBC estimates

Explore more findings in Global Investment Research's report: Breaking the data: Why ageing populations may prop up consumer spending (opens in new window).

Across Asia-Pacific, markets are diverging as each economy leans into its structural advantage. Public and private investment velocity is accelerating. Exit liquidity is shifting West to East.

In the first half of 2026, mainland China accounted for about 75% of Asia and Middle East AI venture funding, driven by a resurgence in large-scale AI investment.

Explore more about how Asia-Pacific’s strategic landscape is building towards self-reliance in the AI age, in HSBC Innovation Banking’s report, Innovation Horizons: Asia-Pacific (opens in new window).

The global e-commerce market size is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 22% from 2026 to 2033, reaching $156 trillion.*

*According to E-commerce Market Size and Share Report (2026- 2033)

Read our report Global Payment Trends 2026 (opens in new window) on how payments priorities are shaping modern treasury, and what organisations can do to leverage these structural shifts.

Gen Z investors, on average, invest in more products (4.4 vs 3.7) and more internationally (49% vs 43% preference for investing outside home market) than Baby Boomers.

Explore more findings and find out how people are navigating investment and wealth decision-making in our Global Affluent Investor Snapshot 2026 (opens in new window) report.

China accounted for about 47% of global cleantech exports, and around two-thirds of global solar and battery exports in 2025.

Source: BloombergNEF

69% of entrepreneurs in mainland China cite AI and advanced tech as the reason for their high levels of optimism, according to our data.

Explore more findings from HSBC Private Bank’s ‘Unleashing the Fire Horse: Mainland China’s Growing Global Imprint (opens in new window) ’ report.

In our survey, 72% of respondents anticipated moderate to significant repositioning of their businesses over the next three years, as they reassess where they operate and how they invest.

Explore more findings from our ‘New Networks of Capital: The World Rewired (opens in new window) ’ report and find out more about our Global Investment Summit (opens in new window).

Global battery storage installations grew at a 66% compound annual rate from 2014-24 – around twice as fast as solar power installations – and capacity could quadruple by 2030, figures suggest.

Explore more findings from HSBC Global Investment Research’s ‘Energy storage: the great enabler (opens in new window) ’ report.

Read more from Bojan about why ‘Hyper-personalisation is critical for all banks’ and how we’re strategically investing in this megatrend.

Across the globe, wealth associated with art and collectibles could rise to US$2.86 trillion in 2026, up from US$2.17 trillion in 2022, according to Deloitte.

Read our ‘Business Guide to ASEAN’ report (opens in new window) to learn more about how businesses can harness the new economy, sustainability and the ASEAN growth opportunity.

Millions of servers are running 24/7 to power the global AI data centre boom. McKinsey research suggests meeting this demand will require c.US$6.7 trillion in global capital expenditure by 2030.

78% of entrepreneurs would like to keep their business in the family to preserve its legacy – but 52% have no succession plan in place, according to our report.

Explore more findings from our ‘Harmony through succession planning (opens in new window) ’ report and read more from Lok about why Asia’s contrasting economic history and cultural dynamics may come into play.