For decades, factory automation in Asia-Pacific meant large, caged industrial robots operating in fixed, high-volume lines. That model is giving way to something fundamentally different: collaborative robots designed to work alongside people, deploy in days, and adapt to shifting production demands without expensive retooling.

While it's difficult to list the "top 10" diagnostics due to the broad nature of the industry and proprietary market data, we can identify the fastest growing and most impactful diagnostic areas. The diagnostics industry is being reshaped by technological advancements, a shift towards personalized medicine, and the increasing demand for early, non-invasive, and convenient testing.

The rapid proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has fundamentally reshaped modern airspace. Once limited to military reconnaissance, drones are now widely used for logistics, agriculture, media, surveillance, and emergency response. However, this accessibility has also created new vulnerabilities. Unauthorized drones have been linked to airport shutdowns, border infiltration, smuggling, espionage, and even battlefield attacks. As drone threats become more frequent and sophisticated, Counter-UAV (C-UAS) or Anti-Drone systems have emerged as a critical layer of modern security infrastructure.

In the US there are prime brokers (Morgan Stanley, Goldman etc) who are able to borrow Yen from Japanese banks. Hedge Funds, who must have US$ on deposit with their primer broker, then borrow the yen at the prevailing interest rate which was usually near zero for several decades. The Yen are converted into US$ and invested at the prevailing US$ rate of, say, 3-4%. Thus the Hedge Funds earn the interest rate differential between the Yen and Dollar but assume a risk of adverse currency movement.

The most significant shift in cybersecurity isn’t a new exploit or zero-day vulnerability. It’s the weaponization of the information environments where your employees already live—and new research reveals why traditional security training isn’t enough.

In the building and construction industries, several subsectors are projected to see significant growth over the next five years, driven primarily by technological innovation, sustainability trends, and the need for more efficient building processes. Here are ten subsectors with a forecasted CAGR approaching 10% or greater.

Nation-state actors have discovered that synthetic information campaigns can move markets faster than missiles. New intelligence reveals the scale, sophistication, and economic impact of AI-driven disinformation—and what organizations are doing to defend against it.

Several subsectors within the materials and chemicals industries (excluding pharmaceuticals, which we’ll cover in another blog post), are experiencing robust growth with a forecasted Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) near 10% or greater. These high-growth areas are largely driven by a global push for sustainability, advanced technology, and evolving consumer demands.

Smartphones have quietly become the most valuable personal devices people own today. Beyond communication, they now function as wallets, offices, entertainment hubs, health trackers, and identity vaults. As their role in daily life has expanded, so too has the financial risk associated with damage, loss, or theft. This shift has propelled the mobile phone insurance market from a niche add-on into a rapidly scaling global industry.

According to BIS Research, the global mobile phone insurance market was valued at $41.15 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $126.24 billion by 2035, reflecting the growing need to protect increasingly expensive and indispensable devices.

From Backup Power to the Operating System of the Energy Transition

For decades, electricity grids were designed around a simple assumption: power flows one way, from large centralized plants to passive consumers. That assumption is now breaking down.

Climate volatility, aging infrastructure, electrification of transport, and the explosive rise of AI-driven digital infrastructure are forcing a fundamental rethink of how power is generated, distributed, and governed. In this transition, microgrids are no longer peripheral technologies. They are becoming core infrastructure assets—the control layer of a decentralized, resilient energy system.