ATI Magazine February/March 2015

ATI Magazine, March 2015
 
How the Millenium Generation will break the banks – New competitors are using disruptive technology to attract customers by rendering banks and their networks irrelevant.  A new McKinsey report also warns that digitisation is rewriting the rules of how banks compete.
 
Wanted: Real Thinkers – Asia’s schools need to move on from learning by rote.
 
China shaping a ‘New Normal’ – and domestic consumption  is now the ‘most exciting’ story.
 
Singapore plunges into deficit with purpose – setting parameters for its next 50 years.
 
More pressure on transfer pricing – Asia’s tax authorities play ‘catch-up’ with their neighbours.
 
Driving new industry zones – Taiwan is offering generous tax breaks in its new Free Trade Pilot Zones.
 
When symbols serve national needs – the much-touted FTA between China and South Korea is not all it seems.
 
Also in this issue:  Tighter controls for foreign IT firms in China?;  Taiwan the quiet achiever in RMB; Malaysia markdown on lower oil prices; China seeks foreign investment in aged care; Thailand clarifies new investment rules; China promoting sales of GM rice.