MARKET SPOTLIGHT

New skillsets will be in demand as a transformation sweeps through the financial industry.

25 January 2022

As fintech transforms traditional banking, with all financial institutions becoming fintechs and the metaverse becoming a venue for a parallel banking system, the industry’s talent transformation will need to go beyond swapping pinstripe suits for denim.More

Topics: Banking Services, Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Fintech, Online banking

Digital dividend accelerates shift

The former head of the European Central Bank believes the world economy is at an inflection point and sees strengthening inflation and rising credit costs.

18 January 2022

The productivity paradox has long mystified economists, who wonder why the heavy investment in digital technologies has brought relatively scant increases in output.More

Topics: Banking Services, Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, EU, Fintech, Online banking

Globalisation at pivot point

The 2022 Asian Financial Forum addresses critical questions on sustainability and global integration as economies recover from the pandemic.

11 January 2022

When asking what comes next, it is always a good idea to look at what came before. This year’s Asian Financial Forum (AFF) began on Monday, 10 January under the theme “Navigating the Next Normal Towards a Sustainable Future” and began with a plenary session where business leaders from across the world laid out their vision.More

Topics: Banking Services, Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Fintech, Online banking

Going out on a high

Retiring Deputy Executive Director Benjamin Chau joined the HKTDC amid the pre-Joint Declaration financial havoc and leaves after negotiating the COVID-19 storm.

03 January 2022

Looking back on a career with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) that began amid the financial meltdown of 1983 and ended with the COVID-19 pandemic storm, Retiring Deputy Executive Director Benjamin Chau counts another challenge as one of his career highlights.More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, Exhibition organisation

AFF looks to new, green, digitised world

Navigating the transformation to a sustainable, globalised and high-tech world is a key issue in 2022 and Asia’s premier financial forum will point the way.

21 December 2021

The key concerns of the financial world in 2022 will be the environment – particularly climate change – along with lightning-fast changes in the global geopolitical environment and the even faster evolution of financial technology.More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, aff, finance

Innovation holds the key

As a global hub, Hong Kong quickly feels the impact of changes sweeping the globe and is having to respond nimbly.

14 December 2021

As a global hub, Hong Kong serves extremely fast moving and volatile planet. The world is pivoting from its old power centres in Europe and North America towards Asia, while global leaders pledge to upend the centuries-old dependence on fossil fuels within decades and countries continue to struggle against persistent waves of COVID-19.More

Topics: Technology, Hong Kong, start-ups, innovation

Turkish delight for e-commerce

With a young, 84m-strong population and centred in a fast-growing region, Turkey offers many e-commerce opportunities.

07 December 2021

Straddling Europe and Asia and awash with history, Turkey offers exporters in Hong Kong and Mainland China a large, young and willing-to-spend population, a recent Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) webinar heard.More

Topics: Technology, Turkey, Middle East, trade, e-business

Eyes on customers

AI solution watches shoppers check out products in outlets and helps retailers boost sales and improve customer experience.

16 February 2022

Cyclops were one-eyed giants in Homer’s Odyssey, which were given the slip by the warriors returning from Troy.More

Topics: Business Management & Consultancy, Hong Kong, e-business, AI

Wizz through the paperwork

Noting the flood of documents an IPO candidate needs to handle, this Hong Kong start-up is seeking to ease the pain.

26 November 2021

As companies stream to market, planning initial public offerings (IPO) in the global financial hub of Hong Kong, demand for document processing is rising strongly. Software-developing start-up Wizpresso is looking to capitalise on this trend by helping bankers and lawyers potentially reduce listing-document verification time as much as 75%.More

Topics: Business Management & Consultancy, Hong Kong, e-business, start-ups

Connectivity rules for hub cities

With close historical links to the United Kingdom, Hong Kong continues to offer great opportunities for British businesses.

23 November 2021

London and Hong Kong have long functioned as hubs for massive geopolitical regions – the North Atlantic comprising Europe and North America, and Asia-Pacific.More

Topics: Association & Government, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, trade, GBA

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