... ng sector makes our case for a ‘hard landing’ stronger. Something similar often happens towards the end of a tightening cycle: credit spreads widen, lending standards tighten, which tighten financial ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-30
What makes a good leader? Folks beg to disagree over this seemingly innocuous yet fundamentally divisive question. Some posit that leaders are defined by their ability to inspire and motivate others - ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-30
... l network makes it a “a global systemically important bank,” and having UBS take it over – thereby forestalling a bankruptcy – “ensures that the systemically important function remains secure.” Might ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-29
... ion which makes me upset. This year's Budget eventually proposes to establish an artificial intelligence supercomputer center to promote AI development and scientific research. I advocated this 12 yea ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-28
... typically makes two international transactions per month which means an estimated 113 million currency transfers are made by Hong Kong consumers annually. This adds up to a ton of unnecessary headache ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-27
Together with air, water is arguably the planet’s most important natural resource. Functioning water systems are one of the technological pillars of civilization, which often makes a water crisis a ma ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-24
... 。」(Taiwan makes their own judgements about their indepe ...全文
... P), which makes cybersecurity across payment networks even more crucial. Cross-border transactions also have the potential to enable sanctions evasion and money laundering. Mitigating these risks will ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-17
... logy also makes the old $250,000 limit on federal deposit insurance absurd: some firms engage in regulatory arbitrage by scattering funds over a large number of banks. It’s insane to reward them at th ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-15
... in turn, makes such currencies more attractive for payments and as a form of international reserves. The presumption has been that geopolitics will reshape the global monetary and financial order in ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-14
... ons. That makes detecting intrusion difficult—the longer time to spot an intruder, the more significant the financial impact of data breach costs. With stolen user credentials and sensitive data, such ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-03
When it burst into the mainstream several years ago, the sustainable investment movement met relatively little resistance as it sought to persuade managers and shareholders to shift their focus from s ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-27
... whole and makes a more powerful impact than “Radio and Juliet”. The original version by Nijinsky depicted a ritual sacrifice in a pagan society. Clug’s version uses an unexpected element. Early in the ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-17
... , is what makes us incapable of objectivity, and it underlies the entrenched gender stereotype that women are emotional while men are rational. This stereotype is a well-known cause of gender inequali ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-16
... t of what makes them human, but it’s also what makes them belong to that amorphously defined, nebulously persisting whole. Netizens should be wary of the monster in the abyss that stares back at them. ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-14
For Hong Kong to be truly back, we must go maskless – now. Dropping the inane mask requirement is a necessary but insufficient part of Hong Kong’s trek towards normalisation. The following makes the c ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-14
... t-up that makes electric and autonomous tractors. The two firms will sell the tractors in the U.S. market to farmers, city governments and those with hobbies. One market is those who demand zero emiss ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-13
... permarket makes it easier for startups to use open data for innovation. These are some of the smart city solutions that we can share with ASEAN. At the beginning of Year of the Rabbit, I hope that the ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
... GFS. This makes little sense. For scenarios extending less than ten years, global warming is not a risk; it is a near certainty. The crucial uncertainties are those stemming from extreme weather event ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
... se voices makes clear. To stop Russian aggression, two things are necessary: defeat on the battlefield and limits on current and future revenue from the international sale of oil and gas. Russia began ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-03