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: Quick Takes: Biden’s 100-day Supply Chain Review

The Biden administration has just completed its 100-day review of supply chain vulnerabilities. Here are some initial observations on the main outcomes outlined in the 250-page report: The scope of the review is extremely broad and its objectives are remarkably ambitious. While some aspects of the report are clearly directed specifically towards China, it also addresses a range of supply chain weaknesses that could not realistically be attributed to anything China has done. Read more

: Techno-nationalism via semiconductors: Can chip manufacturing return to America?

China’s increasingly competitive relationship with the US and its allies is accelerating strategic decoupling, reshoring, and ringfencing throughout the landscape for semiconductors, the ‘brains’ essential for almost every industry of the future. Today, microchip manufacturing is disproportionately concentrated in Asia, especially in Taiwan. Perhaps not for long, according to a new report by Research Fellow Alex Capri. Read the paper, a follow up to last year’s primer on semiconductors, to learn the actions taken by the United States to revitalize its semiconductor…

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: Contextualising China – By Professor Dr Richard T. Griffiths

Author: Professor Dr Richard T. Griffiths, Research Fellow International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden China’s Belt and Road initiative, launched in 2013, was presented to the world as a benign contribution to global development, but that also acknowledged that there would be benefits for China itself. It was suffused with a discourse of peace and friendship among nations. Few observers accept such a presentation at face value, but the reaction of most American analysts and policy-makers has veered to the…

: OPMAS – Supporting corporate and commercial operators in Asia on how to fly within the European Union (EU)

Bridging Asia and the EU; we secure compliance with EU directives and regulations for non-EU aircraft owners and operators Any aircraft flying into the EU will fly under customs control using either the Temporary Admission (TA) procedure or full importation. There are no other options. If the aircraft is not already fully imported, the aircraft will automatically be considered as flying under the TA procedure even though the owner or operator has not taken any action or realized that their…

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: Solving operational risks for family offices – Finlight’s artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution

Solving operational risks for family offices – Finlight’s artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution Solving operational risks for family offices – Finlight’s artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution Why does Finlight exist? Current challenges in the family office and UHNWI industry Today, family offices monitor trillions worth of assets of all kinds. A typical family office may be linked with multiple GPs, asset managers, custodian banks and investment consultants. However, these portfolio data are…

: The EU-China CAI: An agreement whose time has passed?

By Stewart Paterson The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) was concluded in principle on 30 December 2020 after seven years of negotiation. It is perhaps a one-of-a-kind deal aimed at balancing the existing asymmetric investment relationship, where Chinese companies enjoy a far greater freedom to invest in Europe than EU companies do in China. But would it be able to achieve its stated goals? This essay by Stewart Paterson, Research Fellow at the Hinrich Foundation, explores the background to…

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: Turning the Tide: How to finance a sustainable ocean recovery

The ocean covers the majority of our planet’s surface, holding 97% of all water and 80% of all life forms. Major ocean sectors such as tourism, shipping, fishing, aquaculture and marine renewable energy collectively contribute to a ‘blue’ economy, estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at a global gross value added of USD 1.5trn in 2010. This blue economy has been projected to increase to USD 3trn by 2030, with some ocean industries set to grow…

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: Leading med-tech pioneer NuroKor BioElectronics reveals why UK healthcare professionals are choosing to fund the technology of the future

By: Rick Rowan CEO & Founder of NuroKor BioElectronics ‍The past 12 months have been a challenging and uncertain time for all industries – none more so than the healthcare sector. And with England now in its third national lockdown and with the pandemic resulting in unrelenting strain on the National Health System (NHS), healthcare professionals are turning to innovation to ease the burden. The need for advances in technology to tackle the challenges impacting hospital and community care, is…

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: Innovative Digital infrastructure will reduce the USD 5,2 trillion finance gap p.a. for MSMEs in emerging countries

Written By: Gilles komi Maglo CEO & Founder of MES & DAK The Fintech firm for MSME’s development Gilles komi MAGLO – A jazz Pianist and Entrepreneur– one might assume that this is a rather unconventional combination. But, according to Gilles, when it comes to music and leading a business, there is a difference in what I do, but not in how I do it. In both roles, I share the same traits: discipline, resilience, a strong eagerness to learn…

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: Navigating Choppy Waters: – Experienced Investment Managers with A Dose Of “Healthy Paranoia” Will Thrive in the Post-Covid Downturn

By Nicole Downer Managing Partner MV Credit Partners LLC Navigating Choppy Waters After working through an incredibly eventful year in the global economy, investors in private credit benefitted from the stable and consistent yields expected of the asset class. That was welcomed by investors, who went through a rollercoaster in the public markets. Private credit has grown from being specialist and niche asset class to a more established component of a diversified investment portfolio, from a sub $100bn asset class…