Have easy gains in China gone?
After three decades of close to 10% growth a year, any economy must face some growth pains. Indeed, economists regularly talk of bottlenecks, but who in their wildest imagination could foresee the 60 mile-long traffic jam lasting 11 days on the Beijing to Tibet highway last week. ...
Continue reading full story Add a CommentRegulation May Dim Growth of Dark Pools in Asia
Bourse operators such as Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and Singapore Exchange also benefit from market structures that make it difficult for dark pools to bypass them when clearing trades, ensuring they will continue to earn fees regardless of how orders are matched.. ...
Continue reading full story Add a CommentHong Kong gains edge in private banking
Proximity to business owners and those with strong business network in China has given Hong Kong advantage at the mass affuent priority banking level.. ...
Continue reading full story Add a CommentA Western invasion?
As the world's economic activity shifts from West to East, so too, are the masses of jobseekers - and an increasing number of them are looking for opportunities in Singapore, which has been tipped to be the world's fastest-growing economy this year.. ...
Continue reading full story Add a CommentAwaken The US Sleeping Giant
“It would therefore be wise to accumulate US dollar denominated assets to benefit from the awakening of the US as a key dominant economic superpower”. ...
Continue reading full story Add a CommentThe Evolution Of Islamic Funds
Islamic equity funds have come a long way since their launch in the 1980s. While the first Islamic banks were established in the Middle East in the 1970s, it took about ten more years until the first Islamic equity funds arrived.. ...
Continue reading full story Add a CommentThe Mystery of BIS Gold Swaps
The Mystery of BIS Gold Swaps Central banks have started using their gold reserves to raise cash -- a record USD 14bn worth -- from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the central bankers' bank based in Basel, Switzerland.. ...
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