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The Henley Passport Index is the original and most authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The index includes 199 passports and 227 travel destinations, giving...

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...

Key insights & considerations from seasoned experts on China & ASEAN Investment Sentiment. A Dialogue discussion with Guotai Junan, Raffles Group & Henley & Partners. PBEC.org · PBEC Podcast: An Asian Investors Sentiment

Latest Interview with Miguel Aboitiz Former Chief Strategy Officer at Philippine Family Conglomerate Aboitiz Power Corp. Three months on from our last keynote session. PBEC.org · PBEC Podcast with Miguel Aboitiz Former Chief Strategy Officer at Aboitiz Power

Since HDR’s inception just over five years ago, the company has grown and developed dramatically, and through the BitMEX platform, we’re well recognised as a fast-growing and pioneering financial technology company.  With an eye for the long-term growth, development and...

China is asking meat and soybean exporters to certify that their shipments to China have complied with safety standards to ensure they are free of COVID-19. The new measure is scientifically unjustifiable, highly trade restrictive, and deeply damaging to exporters. China’s...

Reported record profits in the three months ending 31st May with the best yet to come claim senior management. Congratulations to Dr. Lim Wee Chai & his team. Malaysian group says lead times for new orders now extend to 400 days KUALA...