China is bailing out the country’s heavily indebted local governments, relying on trusted methods to keep its financial system stable despite promises to allow market forces to play a greater role
Author: World Finance
Reduce, reuse, recycle: Where are you in the circular economy?
World Finance speaks with ING’s chief economist Mark Cliffe on the risks and opportunities this presents.
Malmgren: Diversifying away from China key to global retail success
World Finance speaks to economist about her new book Signals. In it, she highlights how even Chinese manufacturers are diversifying their production in the face of another geopolitical crisis.
Chang: Japan will hurt if Western-style governance reforms adopted
Ha-Joon Chang, author of Economics: The User’s Guide, speaks to World Finance about key corporate governance reforms in Japan, including dismantling the old boys’ network.
Malmgren: China not the endgame for luxury goods – sell to Texas
World Finance speaks to Dr Pippa Malmgren about her new book Signals that highlights the signals luxury goods firms should focus on when appealing to high net worth individuals.
SDR and the new yuan
The IMF is currently considering including the RMB into its special drawing rights basket however should the organisation even be looking beyond the Yuan?
Malmgren: Fidelity justified in attacking FSB’s Too-Big-to-Fail Rules
Dr Pippa Malmgren, author of Signals, highlights how Western governments’ intense preoccupation with preventing the next financial crisis is leading to more inequality and suffering rather than protecting the public’s interest.
Is the tech-heavy NASDAQ valuation bubble ready to pop?
Clemens Aichholzer, founder of Mind Agilis, tells World Finance that a billion dollar valuation is no longer unique in a positive financing environment that exists globally for tech firms.
How to manage the people’s wealth
World Finance speaks with The Public Wealth of Nations co-author Dag Detter on what public assets can do for the economy.
Thieliant: Japan’s economy is winning, but citizens still losing
Economist argues that despite strong bond buying program in Japan, the Abe government needs to dramatically overhaul the taxation system.
The future part 2: poorer, taxed harder, and more opportunistic
Author discusses what businesses and politicians can expect over the next few decades
Could HSBC make it in China?
It seems more and more likely that HSBC will move its headquarters back to its place of origin – China, but to what end?
The future part 1: poorer, older and more resourceful
Author discusses what businesses and politicians can expect over the next few decades
Is Japan as robust as we think?
Despite a positive last quarter, Marcel Thieliant, Japan Economist at Capital Economics, tells World Finance that structural reform is the biggest hurdle Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has yet to overcome in advancing Japan’s economy.
Mills: China likely to trump Europe as global leader in next decade
Prominent economist tells World Finance that the euro is likely to breakdown in a chaotic manner, similar to Greece’s financial straits.
