US health officials have concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly, a finding that experts hope will refocus attention on efforts to stop infec ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
Capital outflows, surging credit expansion and slowing growth mean a torrent of headlines on China's financial risks. Despite those concerns, Bloomberg Intelligence Economics’ Financial Stability Inde ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
GF International Investment Management Ltd. is setting its sights on the absolute-return segment to compete with its rivals in Hong Kong. The firm is considering launching more private equity funds in ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
Defaults, frauds and dodgy deals in China’s financial sector are piling up at a rapid rate. That’s an index of increasing stress, as growth slows and debt-servicing costs rise. Multiple interest-rat ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
China resumed ties with former Taiwan ally Gambia on Thursday, ending an unofficial diplomatic truce between China and Taiwan, Reuters reports. The small West African state was one of a few African co ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
A major factor driving the fall in China’s foreign exchange reserves is the unwinding of the carry trade. With foreign debt levels manageable and incentives shifting away from rapid outflows, that is ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
China’s foreign exchange reserves registered another significant drop last month. So far, though, there’s little sign of the cascading capital flight that would call the sustainability of the country ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
Does China have enough foreign exchange reserves to defend the yuan? In principle, yes. In practice, maybe not. According to a methodology developed by the International Monetary Fund, reserve adequa ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
Airbus Group will provide helicopters to Uber Technologies for the latter's on-demand services, the European plane maker’s chief executive said on Sunday. "It's a pilot project, we’ll see where it goe ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
A weakening of the renminbi to 7.70 to the US dollar could return China's export growth to 10 percent year on year by end-2016 and add 0.7 percentage point to GDP growth, analysis by Bloomberg Intelli ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
Faced with sluggish economic growth, Indonesia is working on a major revamp of its rules on foreign investment. The changes could open the door for overseas companies to take bigger stakes in domestic ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan recently announced their plan to devote some US$45 billion in Facebook shares toward making the world a better place, some critics wro ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
This year has been a period of stimulus for China's economy. 2016 will be the same as well. The central bank has cut interest rates multiple times. It has injected liquidity to offset capital outflows ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Douglas Tompkins, founder of North Face Inc. and noted conservationist, has died after a kayaking accident in his adopted country of Chile. He was 72. Tompkins died Dec. 8 from hypothermia after falli ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
Add another achievement to Hong Kong's impressive curriculum vitae as an international financial center. The city stands to regain its ranking this year as the world's No. 1 spawning ground for initia ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
A Hong Kong rugby player is desperately looking for a man who caught him on a dash cam being knocked down by a speeding car in Jordan. Tom McQueen took to Facebook to reach out to the man after seeing ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
The owner of playgroup operator Bambini Republic, which suddenly closed all of its five outlets in Hong Kong in late November, was arrested by customs officers on Monday, Sing Tao Daily reported. Tom ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
Several customers of playgroup operator Bambini Republic, which recently closed all its outlets, suspect they have been deceived to the tune of a combined HK$2 million (US$260,000, Apple Daily reporte ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
The renminbi’s use in international transactions remains heavily tilted toward trade, with limited adoption as an investment currency. On some metrics, progress on internationalization appears to hav ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
