How would you evaluate the performance of the capital markets during 2018?
The period of easily raising funds from abroad seems to be coming to an end for emerging markets around the world. In the new environment of higher interest rates in the US and increased competition for capital flows, portfolio managers are becoming more selective with where they place their money.
An increasingly prominent and disruptive force in the financial services sector, financial technology ( fintech) comprises any innovative or technology-based financial service offered to consumers or businesses. Often viewed as a competitor to traditional financial service providers, fintech fills gaps left by the formal sector, offering an...
As financial technology (fintech) has penetrated underserved markets, to what extent can it be regarded a disruption to the banking sector?
While the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was formally established in 2015, financial cooperation across the region remains somewhat fragmented. Goods and services move freely between countries, but banks, stock exchanges and securities companies tend to be limited to their home markets. Since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, ASEAN has...
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