Asia

Standard Chartered or StanChart is not a bank that is shy about it’s aspirations when it comes to China. Many of the speakers at this year’s Sibos have talked about China as well. Apart from CBDCs, digital transformation and the generous plethora of leaders involved in this years’ event, the Regulator and the Customer were also talking points.

The Unpredictability of Beijing

October 14, 2021

The opening months of MSCI’s new China indexes should serve as a warning. The CCP works in unpredictable ways, and sometimes in a manner that is deliberately economically damaging. For this reason, returns in China can never be taken for granted.

Asia Fintech

Two Currencies One Nation with Invest Hong Kong

October 13, 2021

“There’s a very strong regulatory framework, one that is attracting businesses from around the world to do listings or secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.” Andrew shares.

Asia Capital Markets

Evergrande – Too Big To Ignore?

September 27, 2021

he Real Estate industry accounts for more than 15% of China’s economy. 62-year old Hui Ka-yan owns 76 percent of Evergrande, China’s second largest property developer by sales. However, with the South China Morning Post reporting liabilities of more than $305 billion, Hui’s investment might be too big to ignore.

Asia

Taliban takeover means Afghanistan risks becoming cradle for global terrorism

September 16, 2021

Lack of technocratic expertise, with most educated people having fled, will make it hard to ensure the economy runs well enough to allow the Taliban to cement support in the regions. Billions of dollars of funding have been lost from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the US, and the European Union, and the central bank reserves held in the US have been frozen.

Asia Sustainability ESG

What is changing the Japanese approach to ESG?

August 4, 2021

Economic stagnancy has also reduced the ability (or desire) of companies to invest in green alternatives. Japanese companies have long been wary of investing and prefer to sit on piles of cash, reducing both innovation and the amount of investment that is pumped into green transformation.

Asia News

China equities: Beyond the recovery

June 25, 2021

The recent correction in Chinese equity markets highlighted the uncertainties of the global pandemic recovery. But amid the ongoing transformation of the world’s second-largest economy, we see a long-term story that should support investment opportunities.

Asia

Is Tesla facing its DeLorean Moment in China?

May 12, 2021

Alec Baldwin, the famous actor, told Top Gear how “He’s [John DeLorean] like Musk and other people who want to form their own company, and do something bold.”

Asia Investment Banking

How much disruption will Bill Hwang’s Archegos cause Nomura and Credit Suisse?

March 29, 2021

Baidu, Tencent and Vipshop were some of the Chinese stocks hardest hit, dropping 18%, 33% and 31% respectively last week according to CNN. How much of those drops was down to the Archegos disruption is hard to quantify, but it certainly didn’t help.

Asia Banking Capital Markets

Why is the Bank of Japan changing its approach to QE?

March 29, 2021

The Bank of Japan struggled more than other central banks to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic because it had already introduced years of stimulus measures in an unsuccessful attempt to encourage price growth.

Asia Capital Markets News

Stock Markets in China look Bearish, should you worry?

March 25, 2021

Just over a year ago, Trump was talking about reaching some kind of understanding with China when we covered a story about his time at Davos. This week we saw the U.S., the EU, Canada and the UK sanction China for alleged human rights abuses. Things have definitely taken a dramatic turn.

Asia Banking

APAC banks race to revitalize innovation initiatives as the pandemic reveals digital gaps – Backbase

March 4, 2021

The latest edition of the Fintech and Digital Banking 2025 (APAC) report found that 60% of banks in Asia Pacific will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) technologies for data-driven decisions, compared to 48% from the previous year.

Asia Insight Investment Banking

The Puzzle of the Japanese Yen’s Safe-Haven status

February 10, 2021

In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, last April the Bank of Japan (BOJ) pledged to purchase an ‘unlimited’ quantity of Japanese government bonds.

Asia Digital Assets

The Launch of China’s Digital Yuan: Innovation or Surveillance?

January 21, 2021

Trump famously accused China of manipulating its currency to gain an undue advantage when trading with its’ partners. We covered the story of problems between the U.S. and China in our story about Hong Kong in June last year.

Asia Banking

How is BNY Mellon helping its people to be Digital Natives?

December 10, 2020

“Look at our collateral management business, our IRAs (individual retirement account), what we are doing as an asset servicer, to name but a few of the things we do best. The actual outcome is made better when we source specific capabilities to enhance what we do, which creates an even better outcome for our client. “Look at our collateral management business, our IRAs (individual retirement account), what we are doing as an asset servicer, to name but a few of the things we do best. The actual outcome is made better when we source specific capabilities to enhance what we do, which creates an even better outcome for our client.

Asia Europe Fintech Hot News

Never mind Leipzig, can China deliver?

June 16, 2020

Penetration of the Chinese market by European banks is a somewhat different kettle of fish. ‘Europe is open, China is not’

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