Economics

After the BRICS, is now time for the MIKT?

After ‘launching’ the BRICS (2003), in 2011 Jim O’Neill pulled out of the hat the MIKT countries, sometimes also…

How Dehumanization Can Kill A Company

A self-help guide to entrepreneurial cluelessness… Everyone who has worked closely with other businesses for long enough has their…

Chinese Companies Can Get 'Beat Up' Abroad

China’s cross-border deals can go sour without local knowledge, according to Mandarin Capital, which has facilitated 10 deals between…

Chinese Railways Bringing Singapore And The Southern Seas Ever Closer

A small but significant link has been added to the connections between China and Southeast Asia. After seven years…

The Future of China's Private Equity

Alberto Forchielli on how private equity must adapt to a China that is no longer the workshop of the…

Matter Doesn't Matter

Recent hi-tech expo’s have exhibited some monumental feats, but oddly enough have lost much of their charm. The arrival…

The shipping tsunami

Background On 17 February 2012 the website www.manager-magazin.de announced that Hamburg-based closed-end investment fund LF 16, created by fund…

Our Friend, The Bear

China’s forthcoming president, Mr Xi Jinping, has announced his first official visit will be in Moscow, sometime before attending…

China’s Selective Measures To Curb The Housing Boom

It seems impossible for any rise in China’s GDP to avoid the inevitable comparison with the housing bubble. The…

Briefing: Crisis Potential in the Chinese Financial Sector

Summary Since 2008, substantial debt-financed stimulus investments and repeated rounds of monetary easing led to a sharp increased in the…