Blog Entries and Commentaries
Keywords: Asia Pacific, Banking & Finance, Technology, VC & Private Equity
The following are some of the points I am learning from my conversations with various peer-to-peer lenders – most recently with Gregg Gibb, the CEO of the Shanghai-based #Lufax (which stands for Lujiazui Financial Exchange), arguably the world’s largest and … Continue reading…
Keywords: 50 anniversary, Amos Wee, Anthony Chen, bumiputra, Charlie Rose, Devan Nair, Farid Zakaria, Illo Illo, Kishore Mabubani, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore, Thomas Friedman, Vivian Balakrishnan, Wee Kim Wee, Woody Allen
(Long. Best read over 2-3 sittings)
On this eve of Singapore’s much anticipated 50th anniversary, my mind kept going back to that smart alec who spooked the entire island just after Lee Kuan Yew died. Somehow, despite the rude, insolent … Continue reading…
Keywords: Addis Ababa, Ark of the Covenant, Axum, Cradle of Humankind, Ethiopia, Gondar, Halie Selassie, Jewish, Kaffa, Lalibela, Lucy, Mariye Negosae Mulat, Menelik, Queen of Sheba, Rastafari, Simien mountain, Solomon
I spent a week in Ethiopia last week, as part of the process by which I am piecing together my own understanding of Africa. Partly, as I extend my business into the continent. Partly, as I build my own understanding … Continue reading…
Keywords: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel, Robert Shiller, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
The discussion around the diametrically different views between the three winners of last year’s Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences is still playing in my mind. Recently, from my own experiences in the way men and women handle information, some … Continue reading…
Keywords: ANZ, Citibank, HSBC, Jaspal Bindra, John Peace, Karen Fawcett, Mike Rees, Peter Sands, Richard Medding, Roy Ferguson, Standard Chartered, V Shankar, Vikram Pandit
Standard Chartered Bank is broken. It was breaking up in full view over the past few years, except that it was not in the way that analysts think about banks. The worst is yet to come, but I thought I … Continue reading…
Keywords: Beijing, Li Keqiang, renminbi, WTO
Recently, I have become very dependent on how Chinese premier Li Keqiang thinks and acts.
He is concerned to put in place the market infrastructure to help China tackle the challenges he will face in the next phase of its economic … Continue reading…
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