MARKET SPOTLIGHT

A Japanese vehicle giant shows off its smart city while cars from its German peers take over the driving at CES.

11 February 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI), 5G connectivity and flying taxis were all prominent among the next-generation innovations accorded centre-stage status at the recent CES 2020, one of the world’s largest technology trade shows. More

Topics: Electronics & Electrical Appliances, USA, Hong Kong, Innovation and Tech, AI

People factor can hit digital transformation

Unwilling or poorly trained personnel or an intransient corporate culture can undermine an organisation's attempt to negotiate its way through a digital transformation.

10 February 2020

People, rather than technology, are always the biggest impediment to progress, according to many of the experts gathered in London for the recent Digital Transformation Expo Europe event.More

Topics: Business Management & Consultancy, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Innovation and Tech

Accounting network bullish on Asia

One of the world’s top-20 practice groupings is eager to expand along with the Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area projects.

04 February 2020

In a networked world, many businesses straddle borders and boundaries, finding themselves working in several jurisdictions, each with a unique economic, legal and social environment.More

Topics: Accounting Services, Finance & Investment, Australia, Hong Kong, Fintech, asian financial forum

Innovation drives tilt to Asia

Delegates look to digital solutions amid economic, geopolitical and environmental challenges.

21 January 2020

Innovative breakthroughs will see ever more people in Asia achieve prosperity in the digital economy, attendees at the 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) heard earlier this month. More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, asian financial forum, Innovation and Tech

Sound solution for the blind

Entrepreneurs from Israel have created a device that turns visual inputs into words.

14 January 2020

Blind or partially sighted people live in a world where such day-to-day tasks as reading text, recognising the faces of family and friends or picking out items on supermarket shelves can prove impossible. More

Topics: Eyewear, Health & Beauty, Israel, Hong Kong, start-ups, health

Online festive sales shine

Internet retailers smile as Christmas shoppers dig into their digital wallets.

07 January 2020

Cyberstreet moved comprehensively ahead of Main Street during the 2019 festive shopping season as sales remained strong worldwide but digital retailers reaped most of the gains. More

Topics: Technology, Hong Kong, Mainland China, retail, e-commerce

UK entrepreneurs upbeat as Brexit looms

Attendees at a North of England innovation event prove confident about the future, despite uncertainty about business after the country quits the EU.

31 December 2019

With the latest deadline for the United Kingdom to quit the European Union just over two months away at the time, a record number of entrepreneurs gathered in Manchester for Venturefest North West, the sixth edition of this annual expo and conference for local business innovators. More

Topics: Technology, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Innovation and Tech

Property opportunity knocks

A New Zealand entrepreneur picks HK for expansion into Asia.

23 December 2019

A Hong Kong-born businessman who has built up a thriving property business in his adopted home of New Zealand, along with Australia, has set his sights on growing in Asia and picked Hong Kong as the obvious base for this expansion. More

Topics: Real Estate Services, Australia, New Zealand, property, finance

Financial primer for 2020

As the industry faces numerous challenges going into the century’s second decade, the AFF will offer clues to the way forward.

17 December 2019

Caught between such unprecedented challenges as negative interest rates on the one hand and potentially disruptive fintech innovations on the other, financial industry players worldwide face many novel obstacles. More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, asian financial forum, Fintech

Green power under spotlight

Delegates at a Green Council meeting urge Hong Kong to accelerate its drive towards renewable energy.

10 December 2019

The world is rapidly moving away from carbon-based fossil fuels; as it seeks to become a centre for technical innovation, Hong Kong could be in the frontier line of this transformation. More

Topics: Environmental Protection, Hong Kong, green energy, Green Power

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