The majority of PBEC members would be holders of the physical ABTC card, which has been in a state of suspension during Covid-19. But as we come out of this pandemic its important to have used the time wisely to be part of the digital transformation journey and improve the system as borders reopen. The Virtual APEC Business Travel Card or Virtual ABTC is an innovative new method for travelling on the ABTC and brings the existing ABTC Scheme into…
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Business Assessment of Outcomes and Recommended Roadmap Adjustments Research Report for the Services Taskforce ABAC Regional Economic Integration Working Group Release date 29 April 2021 Executive summary: There is now a larger number of APEC economies that are more open than the world average to international trade in services, than the number that are more closed. ABAC calculates that if by 2025, APEC economies with restrictiveness scores above world average could close half of their regulatory gaps with the…
KPMG’s 33rd annual Hong Kong Banking Report reviews the overall sector’s financial highlights in 2020 and analyses key metrics for the top 10 locally incorporated banks in Hong Kong. It also examines key industry themes such as ESG, transformation, wealth management and Hong Kong’s continued role as an international financial centre and connector. Read more
New workplace data from the Gensler Research Institute uncover the right degrees of openness for an office design, and how to invest in work-focused amenities — including coworking — that result in higher employee engagement, business performance, and profit. The Gensler U.S. Workplace Survey 2019 represents the input from more than 6,000 U.S. office workers across a variety of industries and demographics to provide new insight into not only what makes an effective workplace, but the investments companies can make to…
Digital solutions are becoming a must-have offering to private clients and high net worth families from asset managers and advisors. We hear from Martin on how his solution the Altoo Platform became a reality and unique tool for helping his clients. He shares with us what he is seeing from his unique lens talking to their clients, investment & asset managers and influencers. Altoo created an intelligence platform, that provides simplicity and control for complex asset portfolio’s by connecting wealth,…
Speaker bios here:Renee Talk Time – D-Construct Webinar Description: PBEC’s Renee Pan from UK/EU office sat down with senior leaders from D-Construct experts in the field of Aerospace Technology amongst other things. Speakers bios: With Over 20 years of experience in the Aerospace Sector. Edward Hobbs Senior Partner at D-Construct, was the Director of Hawk Associates, a British registered open-source intelligence and strategy specialist offering support to organisations within the global Aerospace, Defence, Security and Financial sectors. The company is…
View slide deck here: Chris part slides. pptx Webinar Brief Introduction: Humankind is going back to the Moon – both via robotic and crewed missions, led by the U.S. and China, while other space powers position for a piece of the action. Over a half century since the Apollo landings, this time the intention is to stay. Various proposed architectures address the technical challenges of providing an environment for the future occupants of the facilities on the lunar surface…
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…
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…