11/26/2020
The OECD has calculated that pension, healthcare and long-term care costs will push up public debt as a share of GDP in G20 countries by 180% by 2060, and this could require offsetting tax increases of between 4% and 12% of GDP. 4
11/26/2020
As a whole, prime office rental recovery is expected to be slow in 2021, especially in core markets like Hong Kong and Singapore, with a continued decline of up to 3 percent, according to Knight Frank.
11/26/2020
This report quantifies the physical risk from climate change for Asia.
11/26/2020
Even Hong Kong officials now openly admit that the security of the hub’s status has been shaken and efforts are being made to reinvigorate links to the mainland.
11/25/2020
Whilst the campaign is unable to say exactly how much of its $200 billion investment portfolio is invested in coal, it claims the figure is likely between $3 billion and $6 billion.
11/25/2020
What challenges do pension policies face in the wake of the pandemic?
11/24/2020
While some banks are looking to establish remote working conditions as a new permanent standard, others are less convinced about its long-term effects. finews.asia reviews the measures and views from global banks in the region.
11/24/2020
The markets’ abiding hope is that the good news about a potential vaccine will overcome the near-term bad news about the impact of COVID-19 on global economic activity.
11/24/2020
The amendments aim to enhance the current framework in Singapore, so as to ensure that Singapore’s arbitration regime remains responsive and relevant to evolving needs.
11/24/2020
Economy had bottomed but recovery was not fast as the battered tourism sector hurt supply chains
11/24/2020
To that point, we’re going to explore the specific effects COVID-19 has had on some important sectors and functions within the financial world.
11/24/2020
The answer is not very simple.
11/20/2020
The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of the 30 sample banks would surge to 4.9% in 2020, 5.5% in 2021 and 6.7% in 2022, from 1.5% at end-1Q20, under the mild impact stress scenario.
11/20/2020
Nationwide core index down 0.7% in October from a year earlier
11/19/2020
Using ecosystems to reach higher: An interview with the co-CEO of Ping An
Expect digital to further blur industry lines, supercharge scalability, and loosen geographical restraints for professional services, says Jessica Tan.
11/19/2020
Hong Kong rolls out red carpet to offer city as Asian family offices hub to manage the fortunes and investments of wealthy clans
As many as 50 licensed family offices are operating in the city, two months after the Securities and Futures Commission issued the first licensing guidelines for the industry
11/19/2020
Why has ASIC still not got a chief executive?
It has since added a chief operating officer role, but a chief executive or head of office role still doesn't exist.
11/18/2020
Who are the best syndicate managers in the Asian G3 bond market?
Investors reveal their picks and the criteria that matter most to them in the year of the pandemic
11/18/2020
For the other countries his lack of a foreign policy, his unpredictability, and the fact that he started a trade war that proved negative for a lot of exporters in Asia weighed more heavily – so they preferred a return to the normal.
11/17/2020
While the products are booming amid fall-off in principal-protected structures, some distributors are missing out