Ease of Doing Business Act – the key to the Philippines’ Economic Comeback?
The Philippines has been vying for the ease of doing business act to be signed, and when it was on May 28, economists and...
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...
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...
Shaping the Sustainable Energy Future
By Amit Kumar
At WEF 2018, climate change was talked about as one of the three global threats. Climate change concerns are also closely linked...
The Koreas Unified and at Peace? – How about Syria, Iran and Venezuela?
By Peter Koenig
Peace – in the Koreas, is what the world expects; and Peace in the world is what humanity expects, the vast majority...
Cryptocurrency: Advancing Kazakhstan’s Economy and Investment?
By Samantha Brletich
Aimed at developing markets, cryptocurrency, and attracting investment, Kazakhstan created the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC). Such move, however, is not a...
Earn Billions in North Korea: Here’s How
By Shepherd Iverson
This is not a parody for THE ONION, but a pragmatic proposal to reunify Korea with your money, in exchange for resource...
Ensuring Olympic Success – After the Games
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
As Olympic torch is moving toward emerging economies, it is time to come up with innovative solutions and appropriate cost controls...
Exaggerated Alarm and Destructive Excursions: Anti-Proliferation Policy and The Case of North Korea
By John Mueller
The consequences of nuclear proliferation have been substantially benign: those who have acquired the weapons have “used” them simply to stoke their...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
