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INTEGRATING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
29-09-2009
 Public/private partnerships to drive trade finance and logistics portal
A SHIPPER needs to finance his inventory, plan bill consolidation and currency exchange, insure against commercial (and political) risk, and cover for credit insurance, says Samuel Salloum, who is heading the Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics (GCEL) in a drive to create an integrated platform for the US$4 trillion global logistics industry and associated suppliers. He says the portal could generate financing opportunities of US$5.6 trillion for banks and insurers, and cut the import/export componant of the landed cost of traded goods by up to 50 per cent. IT majors, including IBM, Sun, Oracle, Hewlett Packard and Microsoft, are working on the pilot scheme . . .....
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Focus on renewable energy, but bigger future role for nuclear
29-09-2009
 THE FOCUS will be on renewable energy sources, but despite political sensitivity, nuclear power will play an increasing role in future energy generation, says Len Rodman, CEO of Black and Veatch, who says power utilities are under pressure to change their structures and energy portfolios . . .....
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Climate change debate could impact free trade
25-09-2009
THE World Trade Organisation believes the upshot of discussions on curbing climate change could be some limits on free trade. Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the WTO, warns of ‘different agendas’, as with the emerging concept of ‘food miles’ . . .....
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Tianjin to emerge as the ‘Wall Street’ of Beijing
25-09-2009
JUST 30 minutes by train north of Beijing, China’s third largest city, Tianjin, has been annointed to spearhead China's development of tertiary industries – notably logistics, shipping and financial services . . .....
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REFORM THE CHALLENGE FOR SBY
21-09-2009
 INDONESIA’s economic resilience has not been missed by investors, who are now looking to the re-elected President SBY for reform of mining and labour laws, and improved infrastructure . . ....
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Coface challenge to Big Three ratings agencies
25-08-2009
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REWARDS FOR INDIA'S RURAL POOR
25-08-2009
 RURAL voters have been rewarded in India’s post-election Budget for supporting the incumbent Government, which has signalled that reform of the financial and other sectors may lead the forward agenda . . .....
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Malaysia rewrites investment rules
25-08-2009
MALAYSIA has largely swept away investment rules related to Bumiputra equity participation, but it is not clear yet whether the new measures provide an unimpeded open door policy . . . ....
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NEXT: AN ASIAN CAPITAL MARKET
05-08-2009
 THE Finance Ministers of ASEAN+3 (ASEAN+Japan+China+South Korea) have moved closer to some form of Asian Monetary Fund by agreeing to multilateralisation of a currency swap arrangement and introducing a US$500 million fund to guarantee local currency bonds. They are recapitalising the Asian Development Bank, with Japan and China each tipping in US$38.4 billion, and South Korea US$19.2 billion . . .....
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Bond issuers looking to Malaysia for new funds
05-08-2009
 KOREAN bond issuers are now basing themselves in Kuala Lumpur, where the ringgit market is open to foreigners who are raising bonds and swapping them into US dollars . . .....
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ASIA TO LOOK AFTER ITS OWN
20-07-2009
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A REGENCY COUNCIL FOR PYONGYANG?
20-07-2009
 LATEST photos of Kim Jong-Il show a gaunt, prematurely-aged man who clearly does not have 25-30 years left to groom his chosen son . ....
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Asia moots regulation of key rating agencies
20-07-2009
INDONESIA has already drafted legislation to regulate international credit rating agencies, and others in Asia want to see a local variant of existing players. Citibank’s Johanna Chua sees the existing system as ‘completely flawed’. . .....
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GE repositions to fill gaps in Aust. market
20-07-2009
THE current crisis has pushed the Australian financial services sector back 15 years, says Steve Sargent, GE Capital’s Australia/New Zealand CEO. Sargent sees a void in the market left by some foreign banks, and has restructured its role in the financial services sector. . .....
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http://zhixing.court.gov.cn/search - China’s courts name and shame debtors
07-07-2009
 THERE IS a growing realisation among trade debtors in China that they may no longer be able to get away with non-payment. China’s debt collection laws are becoming more transparent – and now China’s courts are naming and shaming those who do not make good on their judgements . .
The site currently is in Chinese-language only . . .....
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