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17 September, 2017

Life at the Sharp End of Climate Change

Euromoney, September 2017 “This is the highest point in Tarawa!” says Tetiria Kireua. “Three metres!” We are on […]
1 November, 2016

The Mersey Beat

Qantas Magazine, November 2016   Back in the early 1980s, the playwright Alan Bleasdale was looking for an […]
10 April, 2012

Reality bites: the truth about investment banking in Asia

Euromoney, April 2012 Asia is the future; that’s an article of faith in global investment banking. And there […]
10 April, 2012

Reach for the sky

Discovery Channel Magazine, April 2012 In 1987 a young architecture student called Timothy Johnson, an undergraduate at the […]
1 March, 2012

After the flood: The Three Gorges

The Australian Way, March 2012 The Yangzi is one of the handful of iconic rivers that everyone knows […]
1 February, 2012

Bear necessity: China’s panda sanctuary

Qantas – The Australian Way, February 2012 Is there any animal so obstinately intent on its own demise […]
16 January, 2012

So you want to be an astronaut?

Discovery Channel Magazine, January 2012. “Planned a mission to Mars lately? Ever replaced a gyro on an orbiting […]
2 December, 2011

Microfinance – up close and personal

Euromoney, December 2011 Microfinance has its problems, but it can drive the economies of developing nations. So what […]
1 December, 2011

Forbes private banking report: an uncertain time for clients

Forbes Asia, December 2011 Private wealth clients in Asia are facing intense market volatility and uncertainty for the […]
1 December, 2011

Diary of a CFD Trader

Smart Investor, December 2011 How should a novice approach contracts for difference? For speculation or for hedging? Quick […]
1 December, 2011

Exploring Arundhati Roy’s Kerala

Qantas The Australian Way, December 2011 In 1997, Arundhati Roy’s book, The God of Small Things, introduced the […]
22 November, 2011

A lake untouched for 35 million years… until 2012

Discovery Channel Magazine, November 2011 Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world: about […]
1 October, 2011

The Cold War lives on

Qantas The Australian Way, October 2011 Two South Korean soldiers stand facing north, fists bunched, in a taekwando […]
17 August, 2011

Purisima’s Philippine balancing act

Asiamoney, August 2011 Asiamoney meets Secretary of Finance Cesar Purisima in a booth in a Hanoi conference centre, […]
2 July, 2011

Cerulli: Islamic funds still ignored by Middle East institutions

Cerulli Asia Pacific Edge, July 2011 On first glance, the dynamics supporting the Islamic fund management industry look very […]
1 July, 2011

Euroweek offshore RMB report: next steps

Euroweek, July 2011 A debt market that has trebled in size in a year. An evolution in issuers […]
6 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: Thailand prepares to see if it has mended rifts

Emerging Markets, May 6 2011 Thailand will dissolve its parliament next week, setting the stage for a July […]
6 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: Purisima interview

Emerging Markets, May 6 2011 The Philippines has pledged to move away from offshore borrowing and to source […]
6 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: Agus says new Indo infrastructure law coming soon

Emerging Markets, May 6 2011 Indonesia’s finance minister believes a crucial new law, one he hopes will galvanize […]
6 May, 2011

Euromoney: Saudi after five years of CMA licensing

Euromoney, May 2011 On July 31 2003, a landmark took place in Saudi Arabian financial services, and it […]
6 May, 2011

Euromoney: Qatar prepares for MSCI boost

Euromoney, May 2011 Qatar is just weeks away from finding out if it will be included in the […]
5 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: Timor to revamp sovereign fund, PNG to launch one

Emerging Markets, May 5 2011 Two of Asia’s frontier markets have given new details of the sovereign wealth […]
5 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: China’s changing consumption habits spell danger

Emerging Markets, May 5 2011 China’s shift to a domestic consumption economy will have drastic impacts on the […]
4 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: Vietnam claims it can handle inflation

Emerging Markets, May 4 2011 Vietnamese policymakers insist they can tackle the country’s alarming inflationary pressures but have […]
4 May, 2011

Emerging Markets: Mongolia readies three-way listing

Emerging Markets, May 4 2011 The world’s first simultaneous three-exchange IPO is expected to be confirmed this week, […]
22 April, 2010

The pain behind Singapore’s gains

Australian Financial Review, April 22 2010 It is Christmas Eve in Singapore, and the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration […]
1 April, 2010

The Liberty: Bali’s perfect shipwreck

The Australian Way, April 2010 It is January 11, 1942, and the US army transport ship USAT Liberty […]
1 April, 2010

Euromoney: ANZ shoots straight for Asia

Euromoney, April 2010 When Euromoney meets Alex Thursby, ANZ’s chief executive for Asia Pacific, Europe and America, the […]
2 February, 2010

Malaysia’s Democracy on Trial

Australian Financial Review, February 2 2010 When Anwar Ibrahim walks into the Kuala Lumpur High Court today, he […]
21 December, 2009

Dubai ducks default – a relief but an opportunity missed

Asiamoney, December 2009 Dubai went to the brink – and it’s still there. Abu Dhabi’s decision in December […]
4 December, 2009

China holds key to carbon trading

Euromoney, December 2009 Attention at the Copenhagen summit on climate change this month [DECEMBER] will mostly be focused […]
1 June, 2009

Citi bails out of Japanese retail as Morgan Stanley moves in

Euromoney, June 2009 One contender leaves, and another enters. The revolving door of foreign participation in Japanese domestic […]
1 March, 2009

Can China entrants make access to coveted markets pay?

Asiamoney, March 2009 Author’s note: This is the original text and differs from the published version. To see […]
1 February, 2009

The big questions about foreign China bank sales

Euromoney, February 2009 Three key questions arise from the recent sale of Chinese bank stakes by their global […]
1 September, 2008

Bangladesh: life at the sharp end

Euromoney magazine, September 2008 Army chiefs rarely find themselves touting potato recipes, but these are remarkable times. So […]
1 August, 2008

Ho gets SJM to the table

Euromoney magazine, August 2008 It’s tough to imagine a worse environment for an IPO than the one that […]
1 June, 2008

Margarito Teves, Philippines finance minister: facing the hard work being undone

Euromoney, June 2008 It was all going so well. In the last three years the Philippines has been […]
1 March, 2008

Vietnam vetoes Morgan Stanley deal

  Asiamoney, March 2008 Morgan Stanley announced a new joint venture in Vietnam in February: a landmark, the […]
1 January, 2007

Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan prime minister: Institutional Investor, December 2006

Institutional Investor, December2006/January 2007 Shaukat Aziz became Pakistan’s prime minister in 2004. A Karachi-born career banker and a […]
28 February, 2025

A Bucket List Trip to Egypt

Australian Financial Review: Highflyer, February 28 2025 Read the article at the AFR here
29 September, 2024

Bacha Coffee to open on Paris’s Champs-Elysees as it fends off rivals in Asia

Financial Times, September 29 2024 Singapore-headquartered company pursues international expansion while battling fierce homegrown competition Bacha Coffee has […]
20 September, 2024

Ethereum co-founder says partisanship will block Trump crypto plans

Financial Times, September 20 2024 Charles Hoskinson warns the former president’s proposed new digital assets platform could politicise […]
19 September, 2024

Architect Leonard Ng: ‘Nature is beautiful, it doesn’t require design”

Financial Times, September 19 2024 He helped make Singapore a garden city, and the same ethos informs the […]
29 August, 2024

Singapore tries to shore up disillusioned middle class before election

Financial Times, August 29 2024 Prime Minister Lawrence Wong grapples with cost of living pains in post-Lee future […]
18 August, 2024

Singapore PM warns of regional fallout from US-China tensions

Financial Times, August 18 2024 Lawrence Wong says ‘intensifying rivalry’ between Beijing and Washington is his nation’s biggest […]
16 August, 2024

Singapore boosts ‘poisonous shrimp’ defence as US-China tensions rise

Financial Times, August 16 2024 Geopolitical risks and emerging cyber threats push city state to rethink traditional security […]
24 July, 2023

India’s banks show the impact of buzzing economy and a digital uplift

Euromoney, July 2023 Read the full article here
13 July, 2023

What Temasek is doing after seven-year low

Euromoney, July 2023 Read the article here
30 June, 2023

Africa needs equity capital to drive its digital transformation

Euromoney, June 30 2023 What African fintechs need is supportive regulation, local capital and the development of talent. […]
23 June, 2023

Partnerships are key to improving financial innovation in Africa

Euromoney, June 2023 Read the article here
19 June, 2023

Deutsche and Barclays eye credit opportunity in wake of Credit Suisse takeover

Euromoney, June 2023 Read the article here