Member Updates

Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. As of mid-June we have been able to return to normal operating hours at all of our branches on O‘ahu, Maui and the...

Global supply chain disruption is both a cause and effect of the major global market slowdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This disruption has amplified existing supply chain digitalization and diversification issues for Asia Pacific companies and global...

Sourcing Shift hits China Export Market Share China’s global market share for consumer goods was down 4 percentage points in 2019 US-China trade relations have accelerated a shift in global sourcing, with the East Asian country having lost global export...

Comparing revenues from the previous year, Architectural Record lines up annually a list of the Top 300 U.S. Firms. Based on the 2019 data, Gensler tops again the selection, for the ninth year in a row, and Perkins and Will takes the second position. Third,...

Sands China, Las Vegas Sands’ Macau-based integrated resorts subsidiary, saw revenue plummet 81.0% year-on-year in the six months to 30 June, with visitor numbers plummeting due to travel restrictions to the Chinese special autonomous region. However, the operator said it...

SNC Lavalin Group member Atkins has won the 2020 Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Innovation Award for a world first cofferdam design approach on the Tuen Mun-Check Lap Kok Link project in Hong Kong. Due to the complex ground conditions,...

VinaCapital has acquired a 30 percent stake in Thu Cuc International General Hospital in Hanoi for $26.7 million. An indirect subsidiary of the fund management company, Singapore-based Aldrin One Pte. Ltd., bought the stake, and the hospital’s charter capital rose...

AVI-SPL has expanded its partnership with Vega Global, the leading AV and UC integrator in Asia. The companies will now engage in joint go-to-market strategies, further integrate their delivery operations focused on global customers to ensure that the management of...

Ben Delo & Arthur Hayes current PBEC members & the Co-Founders and the masterminds of BITMEX’s trading engine and flagship product, the bitcoin-dollar perpetual swap have become PBEC’s inaugural Patron Member through their newly launched and rebranded Group holdings structure...

Matthew is the deputy CEO of Vega Global one of the largest System Integrators and Managed Service Providers for Audio-Visual Solutions, Video Conferencing and Collaboration Technologies in Asia with 21 offices in 16 country locations and over 600 professionals. Matt’s...

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...

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...

China is trialing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the digital Yuan could displace physical cash over the next few years. This gives enormous power to the Chinese state and the trade implications are significant China is leading the...

Macrokiosk announced 22 July that is has allocated a US$705,000 (RM3 million) subsidy to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia to embrace digitalisation through its BOLD. for SME initiative. The company, a leading Digital-as-a-Service player in Asia celebrating...

AIA, the largest life insurance company in HK, plans to hire 6,000 more sales agents this year, 1,000 more than its annual average.  “As the emergence of Covid-19 has increased the awareness of insurance protection and risk management, we have...

Chairman David Chiu feeling bullish & actively pursuing investment opportunities - 30+ targets as property prices in hotels slump due to Covid-19. Far East Consortium International (0035) has seen an increasing number of buyers and inquiries from Hongkongers for its...