Audio file: https://salonfilmsit-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/iona_salonmedia_com/Edefara3DTFGm_G4P1HPgnQBClikrxmSCCBYO1LrujpaSQ?e=cr57cW Our guest for this episode: Joanna Caen of PraxisIFM a family office-focused global advisory firm. Joanna is a qualified solicitor in New Zealand and Hong Kong. She practiced for 13 years and was previously a partner for the international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills. In July 2020 she made the career jump to be our managing director in Hong Kong. Joanna has spent her entire career helping clients protect and grow their assets, whether through on or…
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The Biden administration has just completed its 100-day review of supply chain vulnerabilities. Here are some initial observations on the main outcomes outlined in the 250-page report: The scope of the review is extremely broad and its objectives are remarkably ambitious. While some aspects of the report are clearly directed specifically towards China, it also addresses a range of supply chain weaknesses that could not realistically be attributed to anything China has done. Read more
China’s increasingly competitive relationship with the US and its allies is accelerating strategic decoupling, reshoring, and ringfencing throughout the landscape for semiconductors, the ‘brains’ essential for almost every industry of the future. Today, microchip manufacturing is disproportionately concentrated in Asia, especially in Taiwan. Perhaps not for long, according to a new report by Research Fellow Alex Capri. Read the paper, a follow up to last year’s primer on semiconductors, to learn the actions taken by the United States to revitalize its semiconductor…
Issue: 007: AUSTRALIA & UK CONCLUDE FTA: Prime Ministers Morrison and Johnson have reached an agreement in principle for an historic bilateral FTA. The FTA was reached over dinner at 10 Downing Street. The FTA is the UK’s first comprehensive trade agreement since leaving the EU. It expected to come into force in 2022. AUSTRALIAN FARMERS TO PROGRESSIVELY GET BETTER ACCESS: Australian farmers will progressively get better market access to the UK under the bilateral FTA. British farmers will be…
Author: Professor Dr Richard T. Griffiths, Research Fellow International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden China’s Belt and Road initiative, launched in 2013, was presented to the world as a benign contribution to global development, but that also acknowledged that there would be benefits for China itself. It was suffused with a discourse of peace and friendship among nations. Few observers accept such a presentation at face value, but the reaction of most American analysts and policy-makers has veered to the…
Bridging Asia and the EU; we secure compliance with EU directives and regulations for non-EU aircraft owners and operators Any aircraft flying into the EU will fly under customs control using either the Temporary Admission (TA) procedure or full importation. There are no other options. If the aircraft is not already fully imported, the aircraft will automatically be considered as flying under the TA procedure even though the owner or operator has not taken any action or realized that their…
Solving operational risks for family offices – Finlight’s artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution Solving operational risks for family offices – Finlight’s artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) solution Why does Finlight exist? Current challenges in the family office and UHNWI industry Today, family offices monitor trillions worth of assets of all kinds. A typical family office may be linked with multiple GPs, asset managers, custodian banks and investment consultants. However, these portfolio data are…
Fintech angel & accelerator with 30 years of experience in SME finance around the world. Currently, Yoshi has 8 portfolio fintech startups in London, New York, Paris, Dubai, and Tallinn, while playing a role as an accredited business angel at REDangels. He is stationed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is also an advisory board member at Fincog, Amsterdam-based fintech consulting firm, a partner at Network VC Syndicate Fund LLC registered in California, and an advisor to Sturgeon Capital, London-based PE…
NTP Group has a diverse portfolio of companies offering many products & services – can you give a brief overview how the Group has managed & performed during this pandemic, any lessons learned as Chairman of the Group? We have shortened business hours across all our businesses and offices, and have made this known publicly. We’ve been pushing for all associates to work from home whenever possible, and asking our sales field staff, whose job is customer contact, to keep…
Issue: 006: AUSTRALIA KEEPS UP WTO ENGAGEMENT: Foreign Minister Payne has met with WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to discuss the economic response to COVID-19, equitable vaccine access and women’s economic security. Trade Minister Tehan and the new global trade leader met three weeks ago. INDIA & UNITED KINGDOM LAUNCH TRADE PARTNERSHIP: Prime Ministers Modi and Johnson met virtually during the week and launched an Enhanced Trade Partnership. They agreed to work on a path toward a comprehensive FTA and established…