Personal Finance: Positioning Breastfeeding on Family Balance Sheet
By Sa’idu Sulaiman
This paper argues that most of the benefits of breastfeeding enhance the financial well-being of a child bearing family which is an...
A Message from London: Pay Your “Zakat” Locally
By Greget Kalla Buana
Zakat (Islamic alms giving) is now consi-dered as an alternative resource to help achieve the SDGs. London, the capital of a...
Cheers to a New Era: The Development of Singapore as an ASEAN Asset Management...
Singapore is a great place for investors because of the country’s good legal and political environment. Like Luxembourg, it has a stable political and...
Making Financial Advice Affordable to the Masses in the Age of Digitalisation
By Tim France-Massey
Many people in the UK struggle to navigate their way through uncertainty in the current financial climate and achieve their financial planning...
Singapore’s Governance, Prosperity, and Future Challenges
By Ian Austin
The Singapore government post-GFC has moved to “anchor” in selected sectors and the peak MNEs within these designs for long-term national economic...
Mainstreaming Islamic Social Finance
By Ebi Junaidi and Primandanu FA
Over the years, Zakah (mandatory alms-giving), waqf (Islamic endowment funds) and Islamic not-for-profit microfinance have been regarded as traditional...
The European Divorce: How will Brexit Affect People on Both Sides?
The Brexit is one of the most highly contested political events of our time. It is fraught with difficulty, confusion, and uncertainty. When Britons...
Insurtechs: Threat or Opportunity for Insurance Incumbents?
By Karel Cool, Christophe Angoulvant and Brian Rogers
The article gives data on global investment in InsurTech ventures and discusses the most common strategies and...
Singapore as an ASEAN Asset Management Hub
By Francis Koh and Boris Liedtke
Singapore like other ASEAN countries is also confronted with the universal challenge of retirement funding. Nonetheless, the authors argue...
Why Cryptocurrencies are not Currencies (yet)
By Mike Seiferling
Over the past few years, the terms ‘block-chain’ and ‘cryptocurrency’ have gained enthusiastic international front-page news and YouTube attention, largely due to...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
