Joanna is the newly appointed Managing director of the Hong Kong office of PraxisIFM. PraxisIFM acquired Nerine Trust and Jeffcote Donnison in 2018 adding Hong Kong to its international office network. Caen is a qualified solicitor in New Zealand and Hong Kong. Joanna has spent her entire career helping clients protect and grow their assets, whether through on or offshore corporate, trust or foundation structures. She has experience and expertise in pre-IPO planning, pension and other retirement planning, and philanthropy….
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Weese is a co-founder & former President of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and a key figure in the city’s crypto community. He is young, super smart, well respected by his peers & a savvy entrepreneur who is passionate about the safe development of digital cryptocurrencies and how they have the potential to provide huge benefits to society. He advocates for a fair based rules regulatory environment that encourages the further development of the sector for the benefit of…
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our product offering and trading experience for our users, we have recently implemented a series of reductions to our Base Maintenance Margin requirements. The latest reduction set the flagship XBT and ETH contracts to 35bps and 70bps respectively, both amongst the lowest available rates in the market. Recent price activity and subsequent rise in volatility has made it more important than ever for traders to understand the risks they face when trading…
The pandemic is highlighting the importance of investing in early-stage science and technology, backed by unique research IP On a dreary London evening in early March, Griff Williams, CIO of Milltrust International’s British Innovation Fund, received an urgent call from Professor Andrew Shaw. Shaw, a Physical Chemistry Professor at the UK’s University of Exeter and founder of Attomarker Limited, wished to discuss how Attomarker could deploy its patented, cutting-edge diagnostics technology towards developing a rapid antibody test for Covid-19. “As…
2020 is the Year of Rat, the first of the twelve Chinese animals, signifying the start of a new cycle. 2020 is also the first year of a new decade. Yet 2020 will more likely be remembered as the year of the pandemic, as Covid-19 halted the global economy so drastically and so abruptly. Although many areas of the developed world have entered a phase of “lockdown exit”, the second half of 2020 may not prove to be a smoother…
Author: Maarten Roos While some may continue to see China as a country where “anything is possible”, there is no denying that the Chinese government has been trying to create a more compliant business environment. The initiative with the biggest impact long-term may well be the introduction of a social credit system (SCS): every entity in China will be assigned a social credit score to reflect its legal compliance. Currently still consisting of a patchwork of different geographical and functional systems, one…
Confirmed PBEC Member speakers are: Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee Chai, Tan Sri Goh Peng Ooi, Dr. Oh Ei Sun and Dato Henry Goh. Growing Partnership for Inclusive, Innovative and Sustainable Growth About the Summit In 2020, Malaysia will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit will be convened to commemorate and celebrate Malaysia’s hosting of APEC 2020. It will be co-hosted by the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), one of the oldest…
PBEC members in Malaysia are invited to register to join in person and all others can join the zoom session in the AM. PBEC speakers include , Dato Henry Goh, Tan Sri Goh Peng Ooi, Ravindra Ngo and PBEC Chief Executive Officer Michael Walsh The ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum is a leading Forum that bring together Leaders from Government, Business, Think Tanks and Civil Society to discuss and evaluate the strategic challenges facing ASEAN and it’s immense opportunities as…
PBEC has moved to our new offices. Welcome to visit us: PBEC -Pacific Basin Economic Council International Secretariat 735, 7/F Wing Cheung Industrial Building, 109 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK. Tel: +852 6014 9899 Email: pbec@pbec.org Web: www.pbec.org
PBEC members are welcome to join the webinar “Riding Ups and Downs: Hong Kong-Indonesia Partnership” to be held on 18 August (Tue) at 16:00-18:00. Organised by the HKSAR Government and the Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong, the webinar will feature senior government officials and business leaders from both Hong Kong and Indonesia, including the Chief Executive of HKSAR, Mrs Carrie Lam, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Mr Mahendra Siregar, Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…