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Cregis to Explore the Next Phase of Digital Finance at Consensus Hong Kong 2026

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 January 2026 – As stablecoins, AI, and automated systems increasingly enter real-world finance and payments, digital asset infrastructure is approaching a critical inflection point. Enterprise blockchain infrastructure provider Cregis has announced it will participate in Consensus Hong Kong 2026, taking place February 10–12, where it will engage with industry peers on the evolving role of stablecoins, enterprise asset management, and emerging technologies in financial systems.

Attendees can visit Booth 1808 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to explore Cregis’ infrastructure offerings, including its crypto payment engine, self-custody MPC wallet infrastructure, and enterprise-grade self-custody solutions. According to the team, the event represents not just an industry appearance, but an opportunity to observe and contribute to a deeper question: how crypto assets can meaningfully integrate into real financial systems.

Digital Assets Enter Business Operations

Over the past few years, much of the industry conversation has centered on issuance and trading. But as institutional participation accelerates, the focus is shifting toward a more complex challenge: how digital assets are operated in secure, compliant, and efficient ways.

As financial institutions and payment companies begin using on-chain assets in real business workflows, asset management is no longer just about private key security. It becomes a system-level problem involving multi-party coordination, permission design, auditability, and risk governance.

Against this backdrop, Cregis plans to focus on:

  • The security and coordination requirements of enterprise asset management in stablecoin and payment use cases
  • How permissions, accountability, and auditability should function across multi-team, multi-system operations
  • How automation and intelligent systems are redefining the requirements for underlying asset infrastructure


Stablecoins Move to the Center of Financial Infrastructure

Consensus Hong Kong 2026’s agenda reflects a broader industry shift. Compared with previous years, stablecoin-related discussions have expanded significantly, with the focus moving from whether stablecoins are viable to how they scale.

Topics around cross-border payments, settlement efficiency, liquidity movement, and regulatory frameworks are increasingly seen as the connective layer between crypto-native systems and traditional finance. For many industry participants, this marks a transition: crypto assets are no longer viewed primarily as speculative instruments, but as emerging components of financial circulation infrastructure.

AI, Automation, and Crypto Enter the Execution Phase

Beyond stablecoins, the convergence of AI, robotics, and crypto has emerged as another defining theme at Consensus 2026. Rather than focusing on conceptual narratives, industry discussions are now centered on execution. Attention has shifted toward ensuring asset security as AI agents operate autonomously, clarifying responsibility and authority when automated systems participate in economic activity, and rethinking how financial infrastructure must evolve as enterprise systems themselves become economic actors.

Together, these discussions reflect a broader industry shift: technological convergence is moving decisively toward real-world deployment, marking a transition from storytelling to implementation.

The Debate Has Shifted

Disagreements around the future of crypto adoption remain. But the nature of the debate has changed. At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, the discussion is less about whether crypto will be adopted, and more about:

  • What form adoption will take
  • Whether infrastructure will become invisible to end users
  • Who bears systemic risk, and who defines operational rules

In this context, the maturity of infrastructure is emerging as a key determinant of where the industry goes next.

Observing and Participating in an Inflection Point

The industry is transitioning from “exploring possibilities” to “building durable systems.” The evolving themes at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 are a clear signal of that shift.

As stablecoins, digital assets, and intelligent systems move deeper into real financial and commercial environments, the resilience, controllability, and compliance-readiness of infrastructure will determine how far adoption can go. During the event, Cregis will engage with participants across payments, financial institutions, and Web3, while continuing to focus on the evolution of enterprise digital finance infrastructure.

Cregis aims to provide enterprises with end-to-end digital asset management and operational infrastructure. By building security-first, flexible, and compliance-oriented systems, the company seeks to abstract complex onchain operations into standardized solutions that enterprises can easily integrate and manage — helping institutional clients navigate this industry transition with confidence.
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

About Cregis

is a global provider of enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure, delivering secure, scalable, and compliant solutions for institutional clients.

Its core offerings—MPC-based self-custody wallets, Wallet-as-a-Service, and a robust Payment Engine—help exchanges, fintech platforms, and Web3 businesses manage digital assets with confidence.

With over 3,500 businesses served globally, Cregis empowers businesses to accelerate their Web3 transformation and unlock new digital asset opportunities.

Sigenergy Ranked No. 1 Energy Storage Brand Across Multiple Global Markets, According to SunWiz

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SYDNEY and DUBLIN and JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sigenergy, a global energy storage innovator, has been ranked the No. 1 energy storage brand in multiple international markets, including Australia, Ireland, and South Africa, according to the latest reports from SunWiz, an independent solar and energy consultancy.

Sigenergy Ranked No. 1 Energy Storage Brand in Australia, Ireland, and South Africa
Sigenergy Ranked No. 1 Energy Storage Brand in Australia, Ireland, and South Africa

Across these markets, SunWiz data confirms Sigenergy’s market leadership in energy storage system market share by total installed capacity across the 0–1000 kWh range, reflecting broad installer adoption and strong customer preference. In Australia, Ireland, and South Africa, Sigenergy is the most widely selected energy storage brand among installers, reinforcing its position as a leading supplier in both mature and fast-growing energy markets.

In addition, Sigenergy has maintained its position as the No. 1 battery manufacturer in Australia by blended capacity[1] since March 2025. Based on SunWiz data, the company has held this top ranking for ten consecutive months, underscoring sustained market leadership rather than a short-term surge.

Sigenergy’s strong regional performance reflects a consistent global growth trajectory. On a worldwide basis, Frost & Sullivan has ranked Sigenergy No. 1 in the stackable all-in-one Distributed Energy Storage System category. In 2024, Sigenergy shipped 475 MWh in this segment, capturing a 28.6 percent share of the global market.

Founded in 2022, Sigenergy has rapidly emerged as one of the fastest-growing companies in the global energy storage industry, driven by a focus on innovation, product reliability, and installer-centric design.

[1] Blended capacity refers to the total energy capacity (in kilowatt-hours, kWh) of residential battery systems proposed, sold, and installed.

 

Annum Capital and Turoid – Unlocking AI for Asia Family Offices

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HONG KONG, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Annum Capital, a leading financial services group in Hong Kong, today announced a strategic partnership with Turoid, a next-generation technology provider, to bring AI to multi-family offices and asset managers in Asia.

Annum Capital and Turoid - Unlocking AI for Asia Family Offices
Annum Capital and Turoid – Unlocking AI for Asia Family Offices

Under this partnership, Turoid is working with Annum Capital to re-imagine the operating architecture across EAM, fund management, private equity, private credit, hedge funds, index investing, structured products, and strategy consulting, blending AI into governance, advisory, revenue capture, operations, market analytics and risk management.

In Phase 1 of the partnership, Turoid has delivered a suite of functionalities (“Wealth Pilot“) for Annum Capital:

  • AI-empowered client onboarding and trade cycle, with enhanced due diligence, analytics, and risk management
  • AI-assisted asset allocation and portfolio diagnostics, embedding market conditions, compliance requirements, and client-specific constraints dynamically
  • AI-driven private market due diligence, synthesizing information from a wide range of sources, strengthening transparency and insights to support vetting, corroboration, and decision-making
  • Performance management across front-middle-back offices with anticipatory AI to increase efficiencies in capacity management, resource deployment, and cost controls.

In Phase 2, Turoid will work with Annum Capital to:

  • Build a price discovery platform for structured products, to internalize the relationships with global issuers and enhance economics
  • Build a custom-indexing engine that connects with leading issuers of AMCs as a cost-light option to scale up Annum’s in-house investment strategies
  • Automate the setup and administration of Hong Kong Limited Partnership Fund, to help accelerate the adoption of Hong Kong’s local private fund format by family offices and investment managers in Asia
  • Establish a marketplace for secondary transactions among Asia institutional investors and family offices, replacing the opacity and cost of a highly brokered, conversation-based model with an AI-driven discovery, matching, and execution approach.

“Annum Capital is very excited to see the results of Phase 1 implementation, which upgraded our operating platform and injected AI into the deliberations and decisions of our investment teams and relationship managers. Our family office clients and fund investors highly appreciate how AI inspires, informs, assists and validates our ideas, portfolios, reporting and risk judgements.” said Aaron Sung, Head of Asset Management, Annum Capital.

“Turoid is a very special technology provider, not defined by budgets, timeline, testing and signoffs. Turoid harnesses AI to learn about clients’ processes and build solutions that almost melt into our business right away, enlightening and improving processes without a fuss. It’s been a real pleasure working with the incredible team of Turoid.” added Alvis Sze, CTO, Annum Capital.

“AI is already a transformative agent for global financial services – and even more so for Hong Kong,” said Nick Wong, CEO of Turoid. “Hong Kong is one of the world’s leading wealth management centers, serving capital and clients across Asia and beyond. We believe it should also produce homegrown fintech leaders that serve international players at global standards. Turoid is building that platform: helping Annum Capital and other forward-thinking firms focus on clients and value creation, while giving independent players the process rigor and technology versatility typically found at much larger institutions. We’re privileged to partner with Annum Capital on this journey.”

Annum Capital and Turoid plan to roll out “Wealth Pilot” and related services to more Asia family offices and institutional investors in 2026 and 2027, connecting innovations of the AI world with Asia’s smartest money.

About Annum Capital

Annum Capital is a Hong Kong-based financial services group with market leadership in external asset management (EAM), fund management, index investing, fiduciary services, and corporate advisory. Annum Capital is 100% owned by its employees and permanently aligned with clients.

Annum Capital was voted “Best Alternative Investment Manager in Greater China 2025″ and “Best EAM in Hong Kong 2025″ by WealthBriefingAsia and “Best Provider of Family Office Services 2024” by Hong Kong Limited Partnership Fund Association.

www.annum.com.hk

About Turoid

Turoid is a Hong Kong–based fintech and AI technology company focused on bringing cutting-edge AI into wealth management. Turoid works with family offices and asset managers to apply advanced AI to the real problems behind capital stewardship — improving decision-making, strengthening risk discipline, and enabling teams to manage capital with greater clarity and speed. Turoid’s mission is simple: take the latest AI capabilities and turn them into practical advantage for clients operating in fast-moving global markets.

https://www.turoid.ai/

UOB prices AUD2 billion in five-year senior unsecured notes

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SYDNEY and SINGAPORE, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UOB Sydney Branch has priced AUD2 billion in senior unsecured notes across five-year (5Y) fixed and five-year floating rate tranches. This comprised AUD1.25 billion five-year Fixed-Rate Note (FXD) and AUD750 million five-year Floating-Rate Note (FRN) tranches, which were priced on 21 January at the three-month Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW) plus 0.72%.

Pricing: Relative Value versus Australian Major Banks and Regional Peers

  • Priced 2 basis points (bps) inside of the most recent Australian Major Bank 5Y Senior (CBA: +74 bp vs UOB: +72 bp) 
  • Priced flat to an Australian major bank 5Y senior unsecured new issue in today’s market, representing no new issue concession
  • UOB leveraged one of the flattest 3-5yr tenor of 13 bps today vs. a peak of 28 bps in the post-Covid era
  • Price the tightest 5Y A$ bank senior unsecured transaction globally since UOB’s own A$ 5Y in November 2021
  • Priced flat to 1 bp tighter vs. UOB US$ 5Y Senior, which was also more impacted by headlines vs. the more defensive nature of the AUD bond market 

Investor Demand

  • This transaction demonstrates our continued engagement with AUD investors.
  • UOB has raised two AUD2 billion transactions across both 2025 and 2026, with a domestic investor allocation of approximately 55%
  • UOB offered both floating and fixed rate tranches to maximise investor participation given strong investor demand for 5-year notes due to the higher spread and yield offered amidst the multi-year tight spread environment
  • This trade also captured robust fund managers, corporations and official institutions demand, at 58% for the fixed rate tranche and 29% for the floating rate tranche. 58% for the fixed rate tranche is one of the highest real money participations in AUD bond offerings from non-domestic banks
  • This strong investor interest resulted in UOB being able to print the largest non-domestic 5Y fixed rate tranche
  • The transaction was announced on 20 January (Tuesday), and the strong combined orderbooks of >AUD3.38 bn overnight gave UOB the confidence to launch the transaction on 21 January (Wednesday)

Ms Koh Chin Chin, Head of Group Treasury, Research and Customer Advocacy, UOB, said, “We are happy to have offered investors relative value through our choice in tenor whilst achieving our objectives in both size and pricing, and are very pleased to have seen the continued strong support from the investor community despite global markets sentiment softening this week.”

Transaction Statistics

  • Achieved the largest peak orderbook of AUD5.42 bn for an Asian A$ 5Y bank senior
  • Final orderbook of >AUD$$4.97 billion
  • For FXD, 
    • Robust investor demand from Fund managers/Corporations/Official institutions ~58%, Banks ~37%, Private banks/Hedge funds/Others ~2%, Money markets ~3%
    • Diversified geography from Australia/New Zealand ~62%, Asia ~37%, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ~1%
  • For FRN, 
    • Robust investor demand from Fund managers/Corporations/Official institutions ~29%, Banks ~63%, Private banks/Hedge funds/Others ~5%, Money markets ~3%
    • Diversified geography from Australia/New Zealand ~54%, Asia ~45%, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ~1%

 

Annum Capital and Turoid – Unlocking AI for Asia Family Offices

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HONG KONG, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Annum Capital, a leading financial services group in Hong Kong, today announced a strategic partnership with Turoid, a next-generation technology provider, to bring AI to multi-family offices and asset managers in Asia.

Annum Capital and Turoid - Unlocking AI for Asia Family Offices
Annum Capital and Turoid – Unlocking AI for Asia Family Offices

Under this partnership, Turoid is working with Annum Capital to re-imagine the operating architecture across EAM, fund management, private equity, private credit, hedge funds, index investing, structured products, and strategy consulting, blending AI into governance, advisory, revenue capture, operations, market analytics and risk management.

In Phase 1 of the partnership, Turoid has delivered a suite of functionalities (“Wealth Pilot“) for Annum Capital:

  • AI-empowered client onboarding and trade cycle, with enhanced due diligence, analytics, and risk management
  • AI-assisted asset allocation and portfolio diagnostics, embedding market conditions, compliance requirements, and client-specific constraints dynamically
  • AI-driven private market due diligence, synthesizing information from a wide range of sources, strengthening transparency and insights to support vetting, corroboration, and decision-making
  • Performance management across front-middle-back offices with anticipatory AI to increase efficiencies in capacity management, resource deployment, and cost controls.

In Phase 2, Turoid will work with Annum Capital to:

  • Build a price discovery platform for structured products, to internalize the relationships with global issuers and enhance economics
  • Build a custom-indexing engine that connects with leading issuers of AMCs as a cost-light option to scale up Annum’s in-house investment strategies
  • Automate the setup and administration of Hong Kong Limited Partnership Fund, to help accelerate the adoption of Hong Kong’s local private fund format by family offices and investment managers in Asia
  • Establish a marketplace for secondary transactions among Asia institutional investors and family offices, replacing the opacity and cost of a highly brokered, conversation-based model with an AI-driven discovery, matching, and execution approach.

“Annum Capital is very excited to see the results of Phase 1 implementation, which upgraded our operating platform and injected AI into the deliberations and decisions of our investment teams and relationship managers. Our family office clients and fund investors highly appreciate how AI inspires, informs, assists and validates our ideas, portfolios, reporting and risk judgements.” said Aaron Sung, Head of Asset Management, Annum Capital.

“Turoid is a very special technology provider, not defined by budgets, timeline, testing and signoffs. Turoid harnesses AI to learn about clients’ processes and build solutions that almost melt into our business right away, enlightening and improving processes without a fuss. It’s been a real pleasure working with the incredible team of Turoid.” added Alvis Sze, CTO, Annum Capital.

“AI is already a transformative agent for global financial services – and even more so for Hong Kong,” said Nick Wong, CEO of Turoid. “Hong Kong is one of the world’s leading wealth management centers, serving capital and clients across Asia and beyond. We believe it should also produce homegrown fintech leaders that serve international players at global standards. Turoid is building that platform: helping Annum Capital and other forward-thinking firms focus on clients and value creation, while giving independent players the process rigor and technology versatility typically found at much larger institutions. We’re privileged to partner with Annum Capital on this journey.”

Annum Capital and Turoid plan to roll out “Wealth Pilot” and related services to more Asia family offices and institutional investors in 2026 and 2027, connecting innovations of the AI world with Asia’s smartest money.

About Annum Capital

Annum Capital is a Hong Kong-based financial services group with market leadership in external asset management (EAM), fund management, index investing, fiduciary services, and corporate advisory. Annum Capital is 100% owned by its employees and permanently aligned with clients.

Annum Capital was voted “Best Alternative Investment Manager in Greater China 2025” and “Best EAM in Hong Kong 2025” by WealthBriefingAsia and “Best Provider of Family Office Services 2024” by Hong Kong Limited Partnership Fund Association.

www.annum.com.hk

About Turoid

Turoid is a Hong Kong–based fintech and AI technology company focused on bringing cutting-edge AI into wealth management. Turoid works with family offices and asset managers to apply advanced AI to the real problems behind capital stewardship — improving decision-making, strengthening risk discipline, and enabling teams to manage capital with greater clarity and speed. Turoid’s mission is simple: take the latest AI capabilities and turn them into practical advantage for clients operating in fast-moving global markets.

https://www.turoid.ai/

XED Takes a Major Step Forward as NSE International Exchange Grants In-Principle Approval for India’s First GIFT City IPO

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MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XED, a globally integrated executive education enterprise, has received in-principle approval from NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) for its proposed initial public offering of USD 12 million at GIFT City, marking a significant milestone in the company’s journey toward becoming one of the first Indian enterprises to list under India’s international financial services framework.

This development represents the second key regulatory milestone following the submission of the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) and moves XED closer to its proposed public listing at GIFT City — India’s International Financial Services Centre regulated by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).

“The in-principle approval from NSE IX is an important validation of the institutional foundation we have built over the years,” said John Kallelil, Founder and Managing Director, XED. “As we progress toward becoming a publicly listed company, our focus remains on governance, transparency, and long-term value creation. GIFT City provides a framework that aligns well with our global footprint and our aspiration to operate to international standards.”

XED’s Strategic Fit with the GIFT City Framework

XED’s decision to pursue a GIFT City listing aligns closely with the company’s global operating model and long-term institutional vision. Over the past decade, XED has built a leadership and executive education ecosystem serving senior professionals across 25+ countries, with operational presence spanning India, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and North America.

The company collaborates with some of the world’s most respected academic institutions, including the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Cornell University, University of Michigan Ross School of Business, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Indian School of Business (ISB), and Carnegie Mellon University, among others.

Rather than following the rapid-scale approach traditionally associated with the education technology sector, XED has pursued a measured, governance-led growth strategy, prioritising institutional credibility, global relevance, and long-term sustainability.

“GIFT City represents India’s next chapter as a global financial hub,” said Piyush Agrawal, CFO, XED. “Its dollar-denominated framework provides global investors a frictionless, transparent route to participate in India’s growth story. For XED, this approval is not just regulatory progress — it is validation of our readiness to operate as a publicly accountable global institution.”

“This transaction is a watershed moment — both for XED and for GIFT City,” said Abhishek Kaushik, CEO of Global Horizons, merchant banker to the issue. “We see XED as a category-defining issuer for this platform: a globally aligned, governance-driven company accessing investors in a dollar-denominated, tax-efficient, and regulation-light environment. It showcases how India can offer Nasdaq-style access to Indian enterprises without losing regulatory discipline.”

Backed by Long-Term Institutional and Entrepreneurial Capital

XED’s journey has been supported by a diverse group of investors with deep operating and global market experience. The company’s shareholders include Ecosystem Ventures, an established angel investment platform, as well as family offices of prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders. These include the family office of Kunal Shah, founder of CRED; the family office of Pratekk Agarwaal, former Chief Business Officer at BharatPe; and the family office of Pavan Bakeri, Managing Director of the Bakeri Group. The company is also backed by senior finance leaders with extensive international experience.

GIFT CITY — A New Gateway for Global and NRI Investors

The in-principle approval by NSE IX is a critical step in the listing process and reflects the growing maturity of India’s offshore capital market ecosystem. GIFT City has been envisioned as India’s global financial gateway — enabling Indian companies with international operations to access overseas capital while remaining within an Indian regulatory framework.

For Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and global investors, the GIFT City platform offers a fundamentally different investment experience compared to traditional domestic listings.

Under the IFSCA framework, eligible investors are able to participate in offerings through a dollar-denominated structure, allowing investments and exits in foreign currency without exposure to Indian rupee volatility.

Tech Trends 2026: APAC CIOs Confront Rising Risk and Execution Pressure at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane

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Across the Asia-Pacific region, CIOs are navigating accelerating AI adoption, regulatory complexity, and rising execution pressure simultaneously. At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, March 17 – 18, 2026, the Tech Trends 2026 session will equip IT leaders with a strategic lens to assess emerging technologies and make defensible, outcome-driven decisions.

SYDNEY, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ —  Across the Asia-Pacific region, technology leaders are operating in environments where the margin for error is narrowing. As AI initiatives scale and regulatory requirements diverge across markets, CIOs are increasingly accountable for ensuring that technology decisions translate into measurable business outcomes. At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, taking place March 17 – 18, 2026, at W Brisbane, Info-Tech Research Group will host its Tech Trends featured session to help CIOs and senior IT leaders evaluate emerging technologies through the lens of execution readiness, risk exposure, and organisational capacity.

At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, March 17 – 18, 2026, the Tech Trends 2026 session will equip IT leaders with a strategic lens to assess emerging technologies and make defensible, outcome-driven decisions.
At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, March 17 – 18, 2026, the Tech Trends 2026 session will equip IT leaders with a strategic lens to assess emerging technologies and make defensible, outcome-driven decisions.

Drawing on Info-Tech’s Tech Trends 2026 report and data from the firm’s Future of IT Survey 2026, the keynote will explore how IT leaders can prioritise initiatives, sequence adoption, and manage risk when resources, talent, and governance capacity are constrained.

“For CIOs across APAC, technology decisions now carry greater accountability as AI adoption accelerates unevenly across markets,” says George Khreish, Managing Partner at Info-Tech Research Group, APAC. “The Tech Trends 2026 report helps leaders separate signals from noise by showing which trends demand action now and which require stronger execution foundations first. At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, we’re focused on turning those insights into disciplined decisions and accountable outcomes.”

Tech Trends 2026 at Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane
At Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane, the Tech Trends 2026 session will examine how emerging technologies are reshaping enterprise priorities as CIOs balance speed, risk, and execution capacity. The session will explore the following eight technology trends through the lens of real-world adoption and operational impact:

  • Resilient Supply Chain Sourcing  
    Technology leaders are reassessing sourcing strategies to reduce dependency risk, improve continuity, and ensure access to critical platforms and capabilities amid ongoing global disruption.
  • Integrated Organisational Resilience 
    Risk management is shifting from siloed technical controls to coordinated, enterprise-wide capabilities that link IT, security, and business response planning.
  • Multi-Agent Orchestration
    AI agents are evolving into interconnected systems, increasing productivity potential while raising new governance, oversight, and integration challenges for IT teams.
  • Smart Sensing Networks
    The convergence of IoT and edge intelligence is enabling faster, localised decision-making, while increasing demands on infrastructure, security, and data management.
  • AI as Adversary and Ally
    AI is simultaneously strengthening defensive capabilities while accelerating the scale and sophistication of cyber threats, forcing CIOs to rethink their security strategies and readiness.
  • Federated Data Governance
    Decentralised, domain-based data ownership models are gaining traction, requiring new approaches to automation, accountability, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Purpose-Built Platforms
    Organisations are moving away from general-purpose infrastructure in favour of platforms designed around specific business outcomes, increasing pressure to align architecture decisions to strategy.
  • Service as Software 
    AI-enabled automation is transforming services into continuously evolving software-driven capabilities, changing expectations around delivery speed, cost, and value measurement.

As part of the broader Info-Tech LIVE 2026 agenda, this featured session supports CIOs and senior IT leaders who are under increasing scrutiny to demonstrate clarity, accountability, and value delivery. By reframing trends as inputs to disciplined decision-making, the session helps leaders align technology investments with organisational capacity and business objectives, while maintaining flexibility as conditions continue to change.

Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane will bring together CIOs, senior IT executives, and technology leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region for two days of research-driven programming. The conference will feature mainstage sessions, interactive breakouts, peer discussions, and one-on-one analyst meetings designed to help IT leaders move from strategy to execution in complex and fast-moving environments.

Additional sessions and speaker announcements will be released in the coming weeks. For more information about the event, please visit the Info-Tech LIVE 2026 in Brisbane page.

For exclusive and timely commentary from Info-Tech’s experts and full access to the Tech Trends 2026 report, please contact pr@infotech.com.

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Media professionals can apply for complimentary in-person passes by contacting pr@infotech.com.

About Info-Tech Research Group
Info-Tech Research Group is one of the world’s leading and fastest-growing research and advisory firms, serving over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing professionals around the globe. As a trusted product and service leader, the company delivers unbiased, highly relevant research and industry-leading advisory support to help leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. For nearly 30 years, Info-Tech has partnered closely with teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to expert guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organisations.

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Study demonstrates effectiveness and economic value of Myriad™ in trauma and acute care surgery.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Aroa Biosurgery Limited is pleased to announce that the latest publication from its ongoing prospective study, the Myriad Augmented Soft Tissue Reconstruction Registry (MASTRR), has been published in the Journal of Trauma and Injury.

MASTRR is the largest ongoing prospective, multicenter observational study to collect patient data from the use of a bioscaffold in complex reconstruction. To date, over 450 patients have been enrolled.

The study, titled “Vascularized Tissue Coverage of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Defects with Ovine Forestomach Matrix: Interim Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study”, evaluated the safety and effectiveness of Myriad Matrix and Myriad Morcells in trauma procedures.

The study reported on 49 patients, with a total of 61 defects, treated across four level one trauma centers in the United States.

These centers manage the most complex trauma cases, which are particularly challenging because the wounds often cover large areas and are frequently contaminated.

The study found that wounds treated with Myriad achieved full vascularized tissue coverage in a median of 22.5 days, often with just one product application, and with no device related complications reported.

The study also included a comparison of the cost and performance of Myriad with other bioscaffolds used in trauma reconstruction and acute care surgery (based on published data). The comparison shows that Myriad is less expensive per cm and is associated with key clinical outcomes which are at least equivalent to, or better than alternatives. The study is available online, here.

Participating Study Author and Trauma Surgeon, Dr. Michael Cormican says: “This prospective data provides validation to what we were already seeing in surgical practice, that Myriad offers a cost-effective solution to improve coverage and healing of complex trauma defects without adding risk to the patient.”

AROA CEO Brian Ward says: “We’re very pleased to see this third study published from our ongoing MASTRR study. The evidence underscores both the effectiveness of Myriad in complex trauma procedures, and its potential to lower the total cost of care for hospitals. With over 140,000 trauma procedures performed annually in the US, and a total addressable market of approximately US$450 million[1], this represents a sizable growth opportunity and is a strategic focus area for AROA.” 

This publication further strengthens the evidence base for the effectiveness, versatility, and economic value of AROA ECM™ in managing complex wounds. It joins more than 116 peer-reviewed studies demonstrating AROA ECM’s broad utility, including a November 2025 study in reconstructive surgery to treat pilonidal sinus disease, showing effectiveness, potential quality-of-life benefits, and cost savings.[2]

About AROA™

Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company committed to ‘unlocking regenerative healing for everybody’.

We develop, manufacture, sell and distribute medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue reconstruction. Our products are developed from a proprietary AROA ECM™ technology platform, a novel extracellular matrix bioscaffold derived from ovine (sheep) forestomach.

Over 7 million AROA products have been used globally in a range of procedures to date, with distribution into our key market of the United States via our direct sales force and our partner TELABio, Inc.

Founded in 2008, AROA is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: ARX). www.aroa.com

[1] AROA management estimates

[2] Nasseri Y, Oka K, La K, et al. (November 13, 2025) Ovine Forestomach Matrix Graft Reduces Surgical Dehiscence in Fasciocutaneous Flap-Based Closure of Pilonidal Disease: A Comparative Study. Cureus 17(11): e96775. doi:10.7759/cureus.96775

 

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