INVESTMENT

PHILIPPINES: Retail Trade Act Amended in Bid to Woo Overseas Investors

20 January 2022

In order to encourage more foreign entities to invest in the country's retail sector, the Philippine government has amended the relevant provisions of the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RA 8762) as adopted in 2000. More

Market Opportunities

Opening up new opportunities for SMEs

12 January 2022

Innovation and technology is taking the world into a new era, opening up fresh opportunities in the upcoming economic powerhouse: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). For companies setting their sights on this vibrant region, a range of support is at hand in Hong Kong. Among them is global banking giant HSBC’s US$1.13 billion “GBA+ Technology Fund”, and US$700 million “GBA+ Healthcare Fund”, which provide flexible financing support for new-economy companies in the region. More

Market Opportunities

GBA firms look south

08 December 2021

Like an hourglass neck, Hong Kong links the giant regions of Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. The quantity of sand running through the channel has fluctuated over the years as regional economies have waxed and waned, but rapidly rising prosperity means that recently the flow of sand has turned into an avalanche. More

Entrepreneurship

Wealth business booms

26 October 2021

Hong Kong’s private wealth management (PWM) industry is growing strongly, a newly released PWM report co-authored by the Private Wealth Management Association (PWMA) and business services firm KPMG China shows. Amy Lo, Chairman, Executive Committee of PWMA, outlines the key findings, including a forecast that, within five years, Mainland Chinese investment could account for more than half of assets under management in Hong Kong. More

Market Opportunities

East-West shifts to North-South

30 June 2021

“East meets West” is a term firmly wedded to Hong Kong, in the same way as “Silicon Valley” is linked to San Francisco. But just as the technology business in San Francisco is about much more than physical chips, to view Hong Kong as primarily a link between Mainland China and Europe and North America misses the big picture. More

Market Opportunities

Banking on GBA

23 June 2021

Small, nimble firms are well suited to thrive in the fast growing and rapidly changing Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) but often find moving into unfamiliar environments challenging. More

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Post-Covid Prospects: Hungary Opts for a Sustainable Future

16 June 2021

The Hungarian government’s choice to refrain from austerity measures is believed to have given considerable impetus to growth, while the solid steps forward it is taking in sustainability are putting the economy back on an increasingly robust track. More

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VIETNAM: New Criteria Issued for Hi-tech Enterprise Incentive Eligibility

22 April 2021

The country has announced additional criteria for determining the investment incentive eligibility of hi-tech manufacturing businesses. More

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Government Work Report: China to Pursue High-Level Opening-Up

09 March 2021

Premier Li Keqiang delivered the Government Work Report at the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress on 5 March. Li pointed out in the report that the government is putting forward the “six guarantees”, especially ensuring job security, people’s livelihood needs and the operations of market entities, and called for simultaneous efforts to bail out ailing businesses and stimulate their vitality. More

Market Opportunities

Budget revives global links

25 February 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic played havoc with supply chains, shut down economic activity across much of the globe and isolated outward-facing Hong Kong from most of the world. More

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