01/06/2021

What's next for Jack Ma's fintech unicorn?

Data show an increasing correlation between the growth of consumer loans and retail sales in the country. Ant could potentially play an even larger role here than it is already doing, with more skin in the game.

01/05/2021

Get ready for a bumpy economic path in Q1

Investors should look through the bumpier start to the new economic cycle and focus on the improved earnings outlook and still supportive fiscal and monetary policy stance.

01/04/2021

Predictions and Hopes for 2021

For the retail investor, the digitalisation and fractionalisation of previously illiquid assets such as real estate and private equity are likely to make them much more accessible for even less-wealthy individuals in the future.

01/04/2021

Singapore economy shrinks 5.8% in 2020

In the fourth quarter, the economy shrank by 3.8 per cent year on year, after a revised 5.6 per cent drop in the third quarter, as more coronavirus related curbs on economic activities were lifted.

01/04/2021

THAILAND: Debt levels are a time bomb

Rising domestic household debt can be mainly attributed to the sluggish economy and a virus crisis in which a fresh wave will likely only heap more financial pressure on the nation.

01/03/2021

China warns of retaliation for NYSE's delisting of companies

China says it will take necessary countermeasures in response to the New York Stock Exchange’s announcement this week that it will delist three major Chinese telecoms, in the latest flare-up of tensions between Beijing and Washington