Economics
After some hiccups earlier this decade, talks of permitting the listing of companies with dual-class share (DCS) structures have gained traction in Hong Kong and Singapore, two major financial centers in Asia .
Is the blockchain to the financial industry what Uber is to the taxi industry, Tesla to the car industry, or Apple to the watch industry? Is it disruptive or sustaining?
Alan Lok, CFA, examines China’s shift to a domestic-consumption economy, its severe service sector supply bottleneck, and the rise in Chinese shadow banking.
Investment professionals in EMEA are gloomier than their peers in the Americas and Asia Pacific over the prospects for economic growth in their local markets.
Outlook for crypto-currencies: Potential regulatory and reputational risks prompt banks to keep a safe distance.
Greater transparency, improved corporate governance, and better market integrity translate to fairer markets.
The biggest issue now facing the Chinese capital markets is resource allocation. Future reforms will be geared towards benefiting the entire physical economy.
As investors begin to think about closing the books on 2014, they shouldn’t be too optimistic about what 2015 might bring, according to the 2015 CFA Institute Global Market Sentiment Survey.