One country stands out from the gloomy overall tone of the International Monetary Fund’s recent update of its World Economic Outlook. Against the backdrop of tepid 3.2% global growth in 2022, the IMF ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-15
On a recent trip to India after more than two years away I was struck by how one subject in particular led many conversations: land. The Indian residential property market has been in a protracted dow ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-11
What’s all the excitement about the wild, wonderful world of the metaverse or “beyond universe” so many people and companies are delving into? In layman terms, it can be defined as a series of interco ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-10
Right across the world, businesses are thronging to exit traditional, long-term office leases, replacing them with flexible agreements with reduced fixed space in city centre locations. IWG founder an ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-01
The metaverse is open for business, and financial services have a role to play. How can payments providers and their technology partners help create more open, and more secure, virtual environments – ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-25
The global financial and economic outlook for the year ahead has soured rapidly in recent months, with policymakers, investors, and households now asking how much they should revise their expectations ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
Embedded finance is becoming a hot topic in banking. While the concept is not new, it has taken on new dimensions thanks to modern technology and innovative applications, and its impact and potential ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-09
In reading the titular statement, one may – most natura ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年05月24日
In reading the titular statement, one may – most naturally – think this is a self-evident statement. Surely, if one opposes imperialism – defined here as the subjugation of a party of independent sove ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-23
The global economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented spread of wildfires across five continents have reinvigorated scrutiny from investors and consumers of ecological and soc ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-18
So! Here comes another round of myth-busting. Prior to that, however, let’s be very clear here – I do not take issue with mentors and advisors working with students through the university application ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-17
Big shocks to the global economy, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, understandably capture the most attention. But a new worldwide pattern of “little fires everywhere” may be equally consequential ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-16
COVID-19 has taken at least 18 million lives, and it is anyone’s guess how many of those deaths were due to a lack of medical oxygen. Governments don’t want to talk about the issue, because that could ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-13
When I first met Jean-Louis Missika, then-Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of architecture and urban planning, in 2014, he welcomed me with an urgent question: How can we fast-track urban innovation? Y ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-09
I would never bet against Hong Kong. More precisely, I would never bet against any city that possesses as dynamic, well-groomed, international, and versatile a workforce as Hong Kong’s. And the bulwar ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-27
The employment environment in Hong Kong’s tech industry is currently undergoing a talent shake-up. With a tech talent supply shortage, the power is in the hands of job seekers rather than organisation ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-27
Burdened by the housing shortage, Hong Kong has been dubbed the least affordable housing market for 12 consecutive years, with the waiting time for public housing reaching its record high at 6 years. ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-20
“We live in a more shock-prone world,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva recently observed, “and we need the strength of the collective to deal with shocks to come.” She’s right. In the space ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-14
Physical infrastructure has a critical role to play in supporting the post-pandemic recovery and in laying the longer-term foundations for green, resilient, and inclusive development. A growing body o ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-07
