With the impending launch of China’s national carbon emissions trading scheme, Zhu Weiqing, chairman of the board and CEO of Treasure Carbon believes now is a great opportunity for foreign capital to enter the market.
Unfamiliar risks, including transition, physical and liability, manifested over an uncertain timeframe, and involving no precedents make it increasingly difficult to value shares of energy companies.
In this first part of the Wealth and Society Dialogue Series, Andrew D. Ive, founder and general partner of Big Idea Ventures, discusses the growing appetite for meat alternatives amid the COVID-19 pandemic and how the company’s two funds are working to accelerate this trend.
Instant cross-border settlements are opening up the market for new players to innovate. With diverse ideas in the payments sector, those looking to collaborate — and not necessarily within the banking sphere — will come out on top.
Countries are eager to strike a balance between mitigating the economic damage from lockdowns and keeping the coronavirus outbreak under control.
While the coronavirus crisis has undoubtedly ravaged nations and economies, it offers an opportunity for the world to hit the reset button and redefine the future for generations to come.
Forest Lin, corporate vice president at Tencent and concurrently president at Tencent Financial Technology, shares his insights on the impacts of the pandemic on the company, the recent strategic initiatives as well as the outlook for 2021
Kakaobank of South Korea has won the customer vote through its digital-only service to top APAC retail bank ranking
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed our perception of cash, but unless governments reform outdated laws and regulations, millions of people in developing countries will remain financially excluded.
Regulators in many APAC economies have begun setting the rules and issuing licences for digital banks, but the COVID-19 pandemic has affected some of these plans and initiatives.
With 85% of Asia’s billionaires still the founders of their family businesses, Asian families are on the cusp of the most significant transition of wealth between first and second generations. Evolving the family office function can support Asian families on this crucial journey.
The pandemic has highlighted the key role digital platforms play in keeping the global economy going. Businesses will need to adjust strategies and adapt accordingly to this new reality in order to thrive after the crisis passes.
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, many people are staying at home and doing their shopping through mobile phones and computers. As a result, e-commerce and cashless payments have seen growth and spread further across different markets.
Standard Chartered has unveiled its new banking as a service venture ‘nexus,’ which offers partnership opportunities and allows ecosystem players to enter financial services without having to set up a bank.
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