Shifting Fortunes
Banking in the Asean region is being transformed by rising competition, regulation and fintech.
Jonathan Rogers
2017
ICBC Tackles Its Challenges
The sprawling Chinese bank faces a slowing domestic economy and new opportunities in international markets.
Best Banks in Asia-Pacific 2017
Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 rankings of the best banks in Asia-Pacific.
Japan Rethinks Trade In Face Of TPP Collapse
US withdrawal from the TPP was a shock to its top ally in the Pacific, and may push Japan into the trading arms of China.
China Will Win Trump’s Trade Game
President Trump’s more aggressive trade stance may backfire, and end up strengthening China rather than the US.
China To Build “Silk Road” For Project Finance
China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative is the most ambitious overarching infrastructure project to be proposed in the modern era, and it requires ambitious financing.
Silk Road Bonds: The Next Big Thing?
Using Silk Road bonds as a funding vehicle for the vast capital needs of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project appears a handy catchall subsuming devilish details.