In a recent quote from a McKinsey Report on Vietnam. ‘If we improve women’s economic engagement in Vietnam, we can add up to $40B USD to the economy annually.’ Shouldn’t gender equality be a business conversation. In PBEC’s latest webinar dialogue series 2020, we brought together a group of leading women from and based in Vietnam to share what its like to live and work in Vietnam today given Covid and provide their own perspectives, market insights & its future…
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A review of the Investment Market in World Football 2020 – An interview with leading professional – Professor Dr. Simon Chadwick from EMLYON Business School in Paris, France and Shanghai, China. As part of the PBEC Webinar Roundtable Dialogue Series 2020, we welcomed Professor Dr. Simon Chadwick from Emlyon Business School based in Paris , France and Shanghai China. The co-author of Managing Football, he kindly shared his latest market insights into…
Issued by the Minister Policy Dialogue on Food Security Agriculture and food ministers and senior representatives from APEC’s 21 member economies pressed for stronger cooperation and open and predictable trade regimes to ensure global food systems remain accessible, innovative, reliable, resilient, accessible and sustainable. “It is of utmost importance for APEC members to work together to enable the flow of essential goods, including agriculture and food products, across borders and to enhance our collective resilience to food supply disruptions,” said Datuk…
Chinese Taipei has contributed USD 1.5 million in funding to support APEC’s economic and technical cooperation initiatives, particularly members’ capacity building needs and to promote regional economic integration and inclusive and sustainable growth by doubling its contribution of USD 750,000 in 2019. The contribution was confirmed in a Memorandum of Understanding signed virtually by Bob Loong-jin Chen, Chinese Taipei’s APEC Senior Official, and Dr Rebecca Sta Maria, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, a week before the start of the 2020…
PBEC and its members supports the Co-Chairs of the ICC latest statement and advocates their recommendations to Trade Ministers at the G20. Leaders need to keep the issue of support by any means on their agendas when they convene on November 21st 2020 at the G20 meeting. This will be vital to the survival of the SME sector in many countries and revival of the world economy in a Covid-19 recovery. “PBEC fully supports the International Chamber of Commerce letters…
Ben has worked in Asia and the Middle East for 20 years developing data-rich strategies and tapping specialist networks to help clients track the region’s fast changing markets. Mandarin and Arabic speaker. Leading expert on the region’s emerging commercial opportunities. He previously worked as chief China economist at RBS and senior China economist at JPMorgan based in Hong Kong. Started career in Beirut in the 1990s as a management consultant. Later joined Dun & Bradstreet based in London as the…
The October updates in Mainland China are described below: – Tax data shows a rapid rebound in service consumption during the National Day holiday – China sets up national fintech certification center in Chongqing – Announcement of the General Administration of Customs on Promulgation of the Decision on Commodity Classification for 2020 – Facilitation Measures Regarding the Renewal and Reissuance of Hong Kong and Macao Residents Entry and Exit Permits – Notice on Issuance of the Implementation Measures on the…
A NEW team heading one of Guernsey’s biggest financial services companies is helping turn around a financial loss – after ‘shortcomings’ in its acquisition strategy and organisational structure. PraxisIFM chairman Andrew Haining noted how the senior management team, led by Rob Fearis – in place since early 2020 – had quickly drawn lessons from the previous three years and implemented a ‘considerable number of changes’. The measures should see a significant improvement in profit and cash conversion during 2020 and…
53 By The Sea, a Hawaiian restaurant run by TAKAMI BRIDAL (Headquarters: Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Representative Director Shigemitsu Takami), a comprehensive bridal company that produces high-quality weddings such as domestic and overseas weddings and wedding dresses. (Fifty Three by the Sea) won the first prize in the seafood category of the dining category of 111-HAWAII AWARD 2020 for the second consecutive year. At the same time, it won the second place in the bar / lounge / club category, and won a…
AIA China has been granted approval by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to open a new branch in Sichuan. This will be AIA China’s first new branch since the inauguration of the wholly-owned life insurance subsidiary in July 2020, the Hong Kong-based AIA Group (1299) said. “We are delighted to receive approval to prepare for AIA’s first branch in Western China,” AIA Group chief executive and president Lee Yuan Siong said. https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/2/158419/AIA-China-to-open-Sichuan-office