12/26/2017
The OBOR is a drive to raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year to link up all China’s trade corridors with an improved network of railways, roads, pipelines, maritime lanes and utility grids.
12/26/2017
The seven branches were set up in the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia.
12/25/2017
Around 65 percent of the surveyed bankers took the businesses as their key potential clients for the future, the report showed.
12/22/2017
Today, most Chinese people take financial technology – fintech – in their stride. In the year ahead, it will become an even more integral part of daily life.
12/21/2017
40% sitting in banks and 1 quadrillion yen invested abroad
12/21/2017
Co-authored by the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice (T&C), the report considers developing countries as both sources and recipients of FDI. The analysis examines the a
12/21/2017
Vanguard, for example, has taken in more than $330 billion this year, with second-placed BlackRock Inc. snagging about $200 billion.
12/21/2017
There were two notable bounce-backs from recession in Brazil (from -3.6% last year to 0.7% growth) and Russia (1.8% growth forecast).
12/21/2017
Cerulli said that future investment-linked product (ILP) growth looks promising in 2018.
12/21/2017
The emerging markets in Southeast Asia are especially appealing as their economies develop and stabilise.
12/21/2017
“The big Chinese banks are still growing."
12/20/2017
The value of sovereign sukuk, or Islamic bonds, issued outside the Middle East and Southeast Asia by non-Muslim countries reached $2.25 billion in the 11 months through November
12/20/2017
There will always be a vital role for the human connection in the wealth management equation, not just in Asia but worldwide.
12/20/2017
The process of creating this content is driven by understanding client mentality.
12/19/2017
There are signs that Barclays is planning a return to Asia. After the bank’s 2016 exit, it needs to show investors it is serious this time.
12/19/2017
About 25 percent of CEOs or board directors in Vietnam are women, surpassing the figures for Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
12/19/2017
The geeky economist in us is inclined to say that we can, but the real world is often more complicated than models allow.
12/19/2017
GDP growth is expected to decelerate to 6.4 percent in 2018 and 6.3 percent in 2019
12/18/2017
For 20 years I answered that question by citing the influential article, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits,” by Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman.
12/18/2017
OCBC’s income per employee stayed flat in 2015 and 2016