The 2026 Financial Street Forum annual meeting opens in Beijing Oct. 19-22, hosting more than 400 delegates from over 40 countries and regions. PBOC's Pan, NFSA head Ding Xiangqun, CSRC chair Wu Qing and SAFE director Zhu Hexin are scheduled to deliver keynote speeches.

Cathie Wood said recent selling in Korean equities reflects programmatic/systematic trading rather than deteriorating fundamentals and that South Korean semiconductor stocks are now in a buy range. She linked the drop to a June peak-and-fall in memory stocks coinciding with a record-high won vs the dollar, saying the combination of price declines and the currency move amplified mechanical programmatic selling. Wood added the pullback also reflects a correction after rapid prior gains, noting that sharp rises in memory chip unit prices have reduced retail demand for electronic devices—a factor she says is already priced in. The Kospi opened down over 3% and had recovered to trade marginally lower at time of reporting.

EU foreign policy spokesperson strongly condemned the latest violent settler attack in the West Bank, including attacks targeting European diplomats.