12/21/2018
Across Asia, companies raised a total of $109 billion in IPOs, up 27 percent from 2017, Refinitiv data showed, much of it driven by China whose companies accounted for almost a third of global issuers.
12/21/2018
To keep up with Thailand’s rapidly evolving fintech industry and changing financial landscape, the following 10 individuals are the country’s most prominent fintech influencers to follow very closely
12/21/2018
“Difficult stock market conditions this year and the uncertainty of the trade tensions likely have been a challenge to many businesses,” said Philip Wyatt, a Hong Kong-based economist for UBS Group AG, who doesn’t see the downdraft conti
12/20/2018
NAB paid its executive team bonuses, albeit reduced, in 2018 despite the bank experiencing a horror year, including being accused of potentially criminal misconduct during the banking royal commission.
12/20/2018
That’s because in Japan physical money is a deeply felt part of life.
12/20/2018
The WEF also noted that the Philippines was near to closing 80 percent of its overall gender gap, the "highest value" for the country ever recorded by the index.
12/20/2018
China's banking sector faces a tough year, but 2019 might also offer great opportunities for foreign banks.
12/19/2018
“2018 has been very different from 2008 or 2000,” says Chief Investment Officer Yves Bonzon in his video outlook. Instead, he draws parallels with the situation in 1987, when markets recovered rapidly after a sudden correction.
12/19/2018
A structured products expert commented that they allow investors to manage and express any views on the markets.
12/18/2018
With only two people in the Asia regional office, Rockefeller doesn’t plan to expand its staff size to deliver on ambitious plans.
12/17/2018
Chinese rich buy nearly one third of global luxury goods and take the lead in the consumption growth, Julius Baer revealed in its annual report.
12/17/2018
The new study of the Asian market for asset management draws on this Cube, as well an on interviews, and the Global Asset Management Benchmarking Survey.
12/17/2018
Though China remains the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, this colossal economy is in the throes of gaining comparative advantage by promoting green policies
12/17/2018
Another perspective came from a senior banker who stated, “we can deliver advice digitally, but we cannot deliver digital advice, there must be a human idea behind it.”
12/16/2018
The Yomiuri Shimbun asked Hisashi Yamada, chief senior economist of The Japan Research Institute, about this.
12/16/2018
Most of labor migrants are unskilled workers.
12/14/2018
The report tracks luxury expenditure trends among Asia’s high net worth individuals, or people with a net investable wealth of $1 million or more, excluding main residence property.
12/14/2018
Going public is one of the indicators of the success of a startup or a private company, and Singapore was among the most preferred destinations for listings in Southeast Asia (SEA) until last year.
12/14/2018
Household net worth in New Zealand is concentrated in the top 20 per cent of Kiwi households surveyed in the past year.
12/14/2018
There are a lot of businesses in Asia that have been rising and successful, yet there are very few organisations that are pan-Asian for business leaders to come together.