That place is Hong Kong. Hong Kong, where passive investments are little more than sidekicks, amassing the equivalent of 5 percent of active funds. Hong Kong, where customers are loyal to active managers even though they do no better here than anywhere ... ( read original story ...)
Trolley dash at Hong Kong airport as new monitoring system ensures passengers never left holding their bags
Airline passengers arriving at Hong Kong airport may never again have to worry about the availability of baggage trolleys thanks to the development of a real-time artificial intelligence-based monitoring system by engineers at Chinese University. ( read original story ...)
The Big Hong Kong Dollar Short Is Bruised, But Not Broken
Hong Kong dollar bears are down, not out. So say Credit Agricole CIB and DBS Hong Kong Ltd. after the biggest jump by the pegged currency in 19 months. The main factors weighing down the exchange rate haven’t gone away, with ample liquidity causing a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Richest Man Expands Investments in Electric Vehicles
News of Li’s investment, via Ocean Dynasty Investments Ltd., helped send O Luxe shares surging as much as 6.1 percent to HK$1.74, the highest intraday price since June 2013. This isn’t the first time the Hong Kong tycoon, whose global business empire ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemns ‘callous’ campus taunts after suicide of top official’s son
Hong Kong’s leader headed a chorus of condemnation and outrage on Friday over an “extremely callous” and “cold blooded” message displayed on the Education University campus, taunting a top education official over the suicide of her eldest son. ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong actor straddling two cultures
Actor Michael Wong has been a favourite of the Hong Kong screen for more than three decades, making his debut in kung fu film Invincible Obsessed Fighters (1983) before going on to star in multiple action films, often as police officers. Born in the US to ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong Airlines Will Have An Inconsistent A350 Business Class Product
Hong Kong Airlines just recently took delivery of their first A350, which should allow them to expand significantly. This December Hong Kong Airlines will begin A350 flights between Hong Kong and Los Angeles, and in 2018 they plan on adding flights to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong independence banners present a real test of Carrie Lam’s political wisdom
Will the government’s strong condemnation lead to stronger advocacy for Hong Kong independence? The question has haunted the administration, and, to a certain extent, Beijing as well over the years. Since then, Beijing has stated its uncompromising anti ... ( read original story ...)
Mastercard Announces New Leadership in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Korea
Dongchun worked for McKinsey and Company for over eight years, providing counsel to financial institutions and industrial conglomerates. He brings with him a background in investment banking and private equity from Salomon Smith Barney in Hong Kong and ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-McKinsey Strategy Consultant Highlights Role of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning to Counter Cyber Security Threats in Real Time
He has presented his workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul ... and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval Finance. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in ... ( read original story ...)
Resistance to AI is futile, so let’s enjoy being useless, controversial author Feng Tang says
So from medicine he moved into business, spending nine years at consulting firm McKinsey and several more at Chinese state-owned giants like China Resource Group and Citic. He now lives in Hong Kong, where he divides his time being writing and investing. ( read original story ...)
amaBhungane & Scorpio #GuptaLeaks: How Anoj Singh sang for his supper
Instead, Regiments effectively elbowed McKinsey out of the way and took over the job ... According to this, the CSR kickbacks would be diverted from JJ Trading to an Essa company in Hong Kong. Singh declined to explain. Not two weeks after Singh returned ... ( read original story ...)
AIS keen to handle cloud services for local firms
AIS resells Microsoft's cloud-based services, Azure and Office 365, and provides a direct internet link with Microsoft's data centres in Singapore and Hong Kong. It also offers ... and thus has lots of room to grow. McKinsey & Co associate partner Harry ... ( read original story ...)
A bloated civil service and naked civil servants
Now you could protest that Singapore and Hong Kong are small city states but what about Taiwan ... we still had to spend thousands contracting McKinsey to write our Education Blueprint! Were there no Malaysians capable of writing our own Education Blueprint? ( read original story ...)