A new year does not mean the end of some of the issues that grabbed the attention of Asia's business leaders and entrepreneurs in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has not interrupted intense debates ... ( read original story ...)
CTBC Brand Campaign Gives Gratitude to Employees
COVID-19 pandemic. Directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan (蕭雅全) and uses “Thank You” by artist Summer Lei (雷光夏) as background music, the video restores the 91 days where more than 2,600 CTBC employees worked ... ( read original story ...)
Nvidia Rival Graphcore Raises $222 Million for AI Chips With Potential IPO on the Horizon
Graphcore has raised $222 million as it looks to take on U.S rivals Nvidia and Intel. The Series E funding round, which comes less than a year after Graphcore raised a $150 million extension to its ... ( read original story ...)
Orsted Enters $2.7 Billion Deal to Sell Stake in Taiwan
Orsted A/S, the world’s biggest developer of offshore wind parks, has agreed to sell a stake in a farm off the coast of Taiwan in a deal worth about NT$75 billion ($2.7 billion). ( read original story ...)
Pandemic rivals climate change: report
If the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not addressed, they could pose an even greater challenge than those of climate change, the central bank said in a report on Friday. Calling the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s high taxes chase away bankers
Japan’s push to make itself a more attractive financial hub faces a taxing problem if it is to stop the drip-drip departure of finance professionals to other countries in Asia. While the COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
China Orders Ant Group To Return To Online Payment Roots
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has been ordered by regulators to drastically change its business model and return to its roots as a payment services provider, as the state squeeze continues on the ... ( read original story ...)
SET gains 2.5% as investors buoyed by Kerry IPO, lockdown news
Index closed at 1,451.52 on Thursday, up 35.50 points or 2.51 per cent. Total transactions amounted to Bt103.03 billion with an index high of 1,453.87 and a low of 1,409.75. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Lawmakers Approve Imports of Additive-Fed U.S. Pork
Taiwan's parliament on Thursday approved measures that pave the way for imports of U.S. pork containing a leanness-enhancing additive, despite objections by the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese steel manufacturer Huadi International widens range to $7 to $8 ahead of $23 million US IPO
It also exports to twenty countries and regions worldwide, with sales to the US, Mexico, Thailand, Australia, Argentina, Taiwan, India ... widens range to $7 to $8 ahead of $23 million US IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Treasury e-mail accounts imperiled in hack: US senator
US Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, provided new details of the hack following a briefing to US Senate Finance Committee staff by the Internal ... Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Cathay Financial raises forecast
National Central University professor of economics Hsu Chih-chiang, who heads a research team commissioned by Cathay Financial Holding Co, speaks to reporters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Allen Wu, ... ( read original story ...)
Moody’s affirms Fubon Financial, Taipei Fubon Bank and Fubon Securities’ ratings following the proposed acquisition of Jih Sun Financial
December 22, 2020 Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Baa1 issuer rating of Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. The outlook remains negative. At the same time, Moody's has affirmed Taipei Fubon ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Regulators Break Ant Group Billionaire Jack Ma
Just before Jack Ma’s Ant Group’s IPO was halted by the Chinese government back in November, the billionaire offered to salvage the battered financial tech firm in a deal that would put him in the ... ( read original story ...)
Citibank Taiwan wins ESG award at Taiwan Banking and Finance Best Practice Awards
Citibank Taiwan Ltd (台灣花旗) was presented with the Best Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Award at the Taiwan Banking and Finance Best Practice Awards — known as the Oscars of the financial ... ( read original story ...)
An Epic Year of Market Events Shook China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan’s economies were among the first to suffer from the virus pandemic. They were also home to some of the most dramatic events in global financial markets this year. Take ... ( read original story ...)