QBE Hong Kong is pleased to share with the PBEC Community, the release of its 5th iteration of our annual SME research for Hong Kong. SMEs are the backbone of the local economy. To better understand this important customer segment, QBE Hong Kong conducted the annual SME survey in October 2022 to gain valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges faced by SMEs. The study drew on an online survey of 422 Hong Kong SMEs from a wide range of…
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Blinken outlined the Biden Administration’s much anticipated China strategy in a public speech in May last year. Blinken articulated an approach to China built on three prongs: invest, align, and compete. The “invest” pillar of the strategy calls for the US to make substantial investments in cutting-edge industries crucial to economic and strategic pre-eminence. The “align” pillar focuses on cooperating with partners that share a common vision for the Indo-Pacific. The “compete” pillar identifies economic, strategic, and philosophical ways the…
PBEC CEO Michael Walsh and Treasurer Anson Bailey hosted a few of our HK based PBEC Directors for its first informal face to face lunch of 2023 in January prior to CNY. In attendance were directors; Lester Huang, Anson Chan, Sebastian Man, Diana Chou & David Armitage. Apologies were received from Lei Yiu, Thomas Wong and Ben Simpfendorfer. “It was lovely to catch up together, given the lifting of the covid restrictions in Hong Kong. The Aviation Club is situated…
Immediately after Tet New Year in Vietnam, PBEC CEO Michael Walsh took the opportunity to visit VinaCapital’s head office to present in person to the CEO Don Lam, their ESG Award 2022-23 for “Most Responsible ESG Investor” – In doing so, Michael also had the opportunity to sit down with the some of the wider senior management team to get their latest views and outlook in the investment markets including those of their Chief Economist Michael Kokalari over a hosted…
PBEC Chairman Andrew Weir and CEO Michael Walsh hosted a luncheon in Hong Kong at the China Club in recognition of this years reinstated PBEC ESG Awards. Congratulations once again to our winners in; FEC Group (Gold ESG Winner), Sands China (Silver ESG Winner), KPMG International (Bronze ESG Winner), VinaCapital (Most responsible ESG investor winner) and Cogo (ESG Entrepreneur Winner). You can find more information about the competitions criteria and winners ESG information by clicking here:
It operates under the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, and has the longest military runway in Asia. Commodore R Vinod Kumar handed over the command of the Indian Naval Air Station Rajali, based at Arakkonam, TamilNadu to Commodore Kapil Mehta. Commodore Kapil Mehta, is an alumnus of the INA, Goa, DSSC, Wellington, NWC, Goa and NDC, New Delhi. Commodore Kapil Mehta was commissioned into the Navy on 01 Jan 1995. He is a naval rotary-wing pilot, qualified on…
Author: Rhea Mehta (PBEC intern OCT-DEC 2022) Published by PBEC: December 2022 Our PBEC intern Rhea Mehta recently wrote the following piece on financing issues faced by low and middle income Countries in tackling the climate emergency we all face as part of her degree studies. This area of interest was influenced in part by her experiences through her engagement with PBEC and its members, in this last quarter of 2022. We are privileged and pleased to share her work…
Velocity Technology is proud to announce that they have been awarded Best cloud tech provider – Public, and Best tech infrastructure provider at the With Intelligence HFM Asian Services Awards 2022! This is only the second year they have entered into these awards. Last year they were shortlisted for several. This year as well as being shortlisted in other categories, they have been awarded as winner in 2 categories of the HFM Asian Services Awards 2022! > Best Tech Infrastructure…
Description: Last appearance on Bloomberg for the year by a PBEC representative in Ben Simpfendorfer. Talking China’s November data and 2023 outlook. Potential supply chain disruption is a focus for the global economy. Wishing everyone a safe, healthy and prosperous new year. URL Link to video recording on Bloomberg : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-12-22/07-40-oliver-wyman-partner-ben-simpfendorfer-video
