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ATI April-May 2014 issue
AUSTRALIA has signed off on trade agreements with Japan and South Korea, and hopes for an agreement with China by the end of this year . . .
THE megatrend in agribusiness will be higher demand for meat and high-protein food as millions emerge from poverty in Asia, says Cheo Tong Choon, Executive Chairman of the Singapore-listed Mewah Group. Mewah has expanded from refining and marketing palm oil (it is the world’s third-largest palm oil refiner) into rice and dairy. With more people set to change from vegetable-based diets, particularly in China and India, Cheo is “highly optimistic” of the future of countries like Australia and New Zealand as suppliers of beef, lamb and dairy to emerging Asia . . .
ATI Magazine February/March 2014 issue
“IT IS quite an extraordinary story,” says Austrade’s Laurie Smith. “If you are nimble and quick in providing really high-quality products, you can get good prices in the China market . . .
ATI Magazine February/March 2014 issue
REGULATORS have placed undue emphasis on liquidity and are penalising long-term commitments by banks, says Charles Dallara, who till recently headed the peak global body for the finance industry, the
Institute of International Finance. He says there needs to be adjustment of regulatory measures taken since the Global Financial Crisis . . .
ATI Magazine February - March 2014 issue
ATI February/March 2014 issue
ANXIETY over the Royal succession is at the root of Thailand’s political turmoil, with instability likely to continue, says political analyst Pavin Chachavalpongpun . . .
ATI February/March 2014 issue
BECAUSE Australia is a relatively small market, it makes sense for Australian companies to scale up through Hong Kong for international sales . . .
ATI February/March 2014 issue
DESPITE negotiating last-minute concessions, copper miners in Eastern Indonesia will now have to pay an export tax of 20 per cent on exports unless they process locally . . .
TAIWAN’s China Steel Corporation is strengthening its supply line of raw materials by acquiring equity in supplier companies in Australia, Malaysia and Canada.
CHINA is moving into a phase of lower, but more sustainable growth, after more than a decade of double digit growth.
IF Indonesia scaled up its infrastructure, annual GDP growth could increased by one or two per cent a year, says World Bank economist Ndiame Diop . . .
ATTRACTING inbound investment is part of the Third Arrow of Abenomics as Japan seeks to integrate into the global economy . . .
TAIWAN wants to further diversify its sources of energy to secure supply and reduce risks. Shale gas from the United State is one new source being considered as the Government ponders the future of its nuclear plants . . .
BANKS are upgrading their ranking of liquidity management in today’s market. ANZ’s Philippe Jaccard says the trend by corporates to hold more cash in reserve is true around the world . . .
CHINA is by far the largest investor in Sri Lanka (followed by India and Japan) with the Government saying it needs to fast-track development to rebuild the war-torn country . . .
Robert Horn
ATI Correspondent
INVESTORS see Myanmar as perhaps the last ‘greenfield’ of Asia. But are they viewing the Golden Land through rose-coloured glasses? The probability of political and social unrest over the next decade is high . . .