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Coronavirus Economic Planning: Hoping for the Best, Prepared for the Worst

This blog is part of a special series on the response to the coronavirus.

Coronavirus puts Japanese insurance sector under pressure

The ratings agency also said Japanese insurers should experience minimal explicit insured losses.

Credit Card Use Expected to Decline in Singapore

Mobile-based online payment methods are growing by some 13 percent annually, while in-store digital wallet purchases are increasing at a rate of 25 percent per year.

Westpac not evacuated, misinformation abounds

suspected cases of COVID-19 relating to people who had recently travelled overseas were self-isolating as were those they had direct contact with.

China’s hotel industry data show early signs of recovery

Among the key STR-defined markets for Mainland China, the highest absolute occupancy levels have been seen in Xi’an (35.9% on 28 March) and Chengdu (35.6% on 28 March).

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public

Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others.

China’s coronavirus outbreak has ‘passed its worst,’ says UBS

It was his first visit since the outbreak in December.

Bank shares smashed as Australia teeters on brink of recession

Why are big banks being punished?

7 Ways to Avoid Germs on a Plane

A face mask likely won't ward off coronavirus and flu germs—but hand sanitizer might.

China has hundreds of stressed out banks. Coronavirus could tip some of them over the edge

Small businesses have been walloped by the outbreak, which forced many of them to close for weeks.

Coronavirus and contracts: Understanding rights, obligations, and protections

While some contracts contain a simple boilerplate force majeure provision, others may be tailored to the specific needs and geographic issues of the parties and provide detailed consequences that follow from invoking the provision.

China's first-quarter economic hit from coronavirus looking more severe: Reuters poll

Under a worst-case scenario, the median forecast for Q1 was 2.4%, compared with 3.5% in the previous poll - essentially meaning the worst-case view from three weeks ago is now the central scenario for private sector economists.

Interview: Standard Chartered Bank unwavering in investing in China despite COVID-19 outbreak, says chief executive

With firm confidence in China's economy, Winters emphasized SCB's strong determination to continue to invest in China.

HSBC Singapore commits to greater female representation in its senior roles

Besides launching programmes to boost group-led female leadership development initiatives, HSBC last year made flexible working programmes a priority.

Coronavirus: SingPost to cut and freeze pay for upper-level management

Those ranked assistant vice-president and above will have their pay and promotion increments frozen.

The ups and downs of operating in Taiwan

A Jupiter spokeswoman confirmed the move out of Taiwan.

T Rowe Price finds value in China

The recent turbulence in China and other parts of Asia represent a buying opportunity, says a fixed income fund manager at the firm.

Knight Frank launches The Wealth Report 2020

Knight Frank’s flagship publication – The Wealth Report – takes an in-depth look at the most exciting opportunities in investment and luxury lifestyle, from the move towards sustainability in property and transport to the world's to

JP Morgan's Ward: 'Enormous ramifications' if China does not get 'back to work'

"China is absolutely integrated [in the global economy] and everybody's supply chains; it is the biggest producer of intermediate goods in the world."

Learning to dance in the rain by Withers

A likely net effect of these disruptions would be increased disputes and litigations, paired with corporate defaults and insolvencies.

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