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Hong Kong firms may revamp corporate pensions after rule change

July 16, 2020

Taiwan’s Cathay Financial expected to up stake in Indonesian bank to 51%, report says

July 16, 2020

Investments: An OJK official says the regulator is supportive of Cathay’s acquisition as it can help grow Indonesia’s economy

Gold prices may breach all-time high ahead of US election, some analysts say

July 16, 2020

Investments: State Street Global Advisors’ gold strategist says US election in November may drive up gold prices further

Indonesia names Doni Primanto Joewono as a central bank deputy governor

July 15, 2020

Going Places: Doni Primanto Joewono succeeds Erwin Rijanto, whose term ended last month

Canada’s CPPIB hires Anju Girotra for newly created India post

July 15, 2020

Going places: Anuj Girotra leads CPPIB’s active fundamental equities and relationship investing in India

Analysis: Buffetted on the way to the brink

July 15, 2020

Analysis: Stock market commentators have been watching Warren Buffett to gauge market direction

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July 2020 VOL.25 NO.7

The capital swamp

To offer a perspective on a clutch of perspectives on the post-coronavirus world, I’d like to skip over the crisis entirely and revert to a 2017 Harvard Business Review paper titled “Strategy in the Age of Superabundant Capital”.

Terms of endurement

Humankind has made huge strides in technology. Big data and data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning are being used in various daily applications and industries. But when it comes to retirement schemes, we appear to be stuck in the past.

Bonds beckon

Foreign participation in China’s onshore bond market could increase sharply over the long term as RMB-denominated bonds are added to international benchmarks, according to a senior executive at State Street Corporation.

A standout amid crisis

Following a decade long run-up in asset classes, pension funds and other key institutional investors had been positioning themselves defensively in anticipation of a market correction even before the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

A need to step up

Malaysia’s corporate governance has undergone some significant changes to address the weaknesses exposed by the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.

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