Stop the nonsense, Hong Kong people! There is no need to dissolve the Hong Kong rugby team, which lost all its games in home field but won a championship in Korea. Nor is it necessary to stop eating t ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-16
A highlight of this year’s New Vision Arts Festival is the Akram Khan Company from London. A regular visitor to Hong Kong, last weekend it has brought its latest production “Jungle Book reimagined” wh ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-16
There’s a saying in politics – a stance made public is a stance that one would never adopt. This is because, what one says in the public is one thing; what one professes to embrace in private quarters ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-16
Just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted Europe’s dangerous dependence on fossil fuels, increasingly frequent and intense climate-driven weather events are highlighting the death and destr ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-16
The forces reshaping private markets are also shifting the ground beneath investors' feet – not just in debt and equity markets but across the entire institutional investment portfolio. Both the suppl ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-15
There is a bitter irony to the fact that what could well have turned out to be the most pivotal partnership in the 21st century – the core pillars that would undergird the world’s response to existent ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-15
The technology sector may be out of favour right now, but we believe structural drivers remain strong and there are many investment opportunities to pursue, especially in private markets. Valuations f ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-15
As world leaders convene at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), it is obvious to all that bolder action is needed to avert disaster. The UN warns that global efforts to reduce greenh ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-14
According to the Global Data Barometer released in May this year, Hong Kong's score for "governance" was particularly poor, in the sub-item "data management frameworks", the city was even zero-rated! ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-14
Talent shortage has been a major challenge that could potentially hold back Hong Kong in its digital transformation journey. Edvan Chan, Managing Director, North Asia at Racksapce Technology has discu ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-14
Since the 1980s, Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has had to move to neighbouring regions with lower operation costs, especially the Greater Bay Area. Statistics from a report by the Chinese Manufac ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-11
Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (COP27) to characterize their feelings about the future, and you may get quite different answers. “We are see ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-11
Back in 2017, the Economist ran a cover story arguing that the world’s most valuable resource was no longer oil, but data. “Data is the new oil” it proclaimed – a notion that many of us could not yet ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-11
Central banks around the world continue to contemplate issuing their own digital currencies (CBDCs). Some have already taken steps in this direction. The People’s Bank of China launched a trial of its ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-11
Sustainable investment has become a key topic for private and institutional investors. However, the acronyms used (ESG, ITR, SFDR, etc.), the complexity and the rapid developments in this field leave ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-10
Ordinary people around the world are suffering from two massive, overlapping problems: surging living costs and the fallout from a rapidly warming climate. In the Horn of Africa, 22 million people are ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-10
The Hong Kong population’s longevity ranks first in the world for the seven consecutive years. Hong Kong people are said to be good at preserving health by using medicinal herbs in recipes, such as me ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-10
Talk is cheap, but it works in Hong Kong. The biggest public relation show dubbed “Hong Kong is back” helped Hang Seng Index stage a near 2,000 points bounce back in Hang Seng Index to yesterday’s clo ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-09
As Hong Kong continues to “trawl for talents”, several noteworthy employment trends among the youth shall not be overlooked. Understanding the needs of the market with humility and empathy would be mo ...More
EJ Insight2022-11-09
