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07 Apr Exclusive | Saudi Arabia to showcase futuristic, zero-carbon megacity at Hong Kong investor roadshow

Posted at 04:34h in Asia

The man in charge of a showpiece project of Saudi Arabia’s plan to diversify its economy away from oil will bring a roadshow to Hong Kong inviting investors to back the ambitious development.Nadhmi Al-Nasr, the chief executive officer of Neom – a US$500 billion futuristic...

07 Apr Web3 Festival attracts smaller crowd, greater enthusiasm in Hong Kong after record bitcoin price

Posted at 02:01h in Asia

Attendance is down, but enthusiasm is up at Hong Kong’s Web3 Festival this year amid sky-high bitcoin prices that have helped draw in an even greater proportion of overseas participants compared with last year.The vast majority of participants – an estimated 80 per cent –...

07 Apr Commercial property: Japan gains upper hand in attracting foreign investment as China’s uncertain outlook deters capital

Posted at 02:00h in Asia

Meanwhile, China’s central bank has been on an easing trajectory, with its latest decision in February cutting 25 basis points from banks’ five-year loan prime rate (LPR), the largest shave since the LPR was designated as the main rate benchmark in 2019.People take pictures in...

05 Apr Cambridge Associates looks to help investors tap into Asia’s growing potential for building wealth

Posted at 06:00h in Asia

Disclaimer: Discretionary portfolio management services, also known as Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO), are not available in Hong Kong and are only available in locations where Cambridge Associates is licensed to provide such services.Cambridge Associates, the US-headquartered global investment firm, has built its reputation by...

05 Apr Hong Kong stocks retreat as traders temper US rate-cut bets amid sticky inflation concerns

Posted at 03:27h in Asia

Hong Kong stocks dropped, joining a broader retreat in Asian markets, after hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official tempered bets for an interest-rate cut as early as June this year.The Hang Seng Index weakened 1.1 per cent to 16,544.39 at 10.20am local time, reversing...

04 Apr Stablecoin giant Tether is backing an ‘unstoppable’ chat app with crypto to take on Big Tech

Posted at 23:00h in Asia

“[At Tether] we are bitcoiners at heart. We believe in the bitcoin mission that is bringing financial freedom to the world,” Ardoino said in a chat conducted over Keet on Wednesday. “If you have financial freedom, but you don’t have freedom of speech … we...

04 Apr Asian dating app start-ups think they’ve cracked the code to disrupt Tinder and Bumble

Posted at 11:00h in Asia

When Singaporean entrepreneur Douglas Gan launched his dating-focused mobile platform YouApp in 2023, there was little to differentiate it from established players like Tinder and Bumble – then a major revamp changed everything.In January, Gan added a number of personality tests targeting specific demographics and...

03 Apr Hong Kong pledges to step up expansion of innovation and technology talent pool, bolstering city’s hi-tech hub ambitions

Posted at 10:30h in Asia

He also cited how China’s 14th five-year plan for 2021-25 supports the city’s “development into an international I&T centre”.Some of the prominent speakers and guests at the 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, held at the Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin, on April...

03 Apr Opinion | Instead of labels like ESG, let’s prioritise good old integrity

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

And then, there is ESG – short for environmental, social and corporate governance. In recent years, more architects have found themselves attending to the ESG agenda, which concerns a company’s business model, strategies and initiatives, and how it can provide services and products with a...

03 Apr Why people are at the heart of Deutsche Bank’s success in China and Asia-Pacific

Posted at 08:00h in Asia

Many organisations around the world are experiencing a period of rapid transformation as a result of economic, environmental and social pressures, challenging traditional business models and driving a reinvention of the workplace environment.A PwC survey last year of more than 19,000 employees from organisations across...

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