Malmgren: Diversifying away from China key to global retail success
Dr Pippa Malmgren argues Zara transcended economic chaos by not relying on Chinese manufacturing that is vulnerable to global shocks
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Chang: Japan will hurt if Western-style governance reforms adopted
Award-winning economist defends Japan’s traditional mode of corporate governance, focusing instead on an ad hoc approach to reform
Malmgren: China not the endgame for luxury goods – sell to Texas
Economist argues that designers focused on only selling in China are missing a larger customer base
SDR and the new yuan
World Finance speaks with ING’s chief economist Mark Cliffe to find out what impact the internationalisation of the RMB will have
Malmgren: Fidelity justified in attacking FSB’s Too-Big-to-Fail Rules
Former White House advisor argues governments are the least placed to pick and choose successful financial players
Is the tech-heavy NASDAQ valuation bubble ready to pop?
Technology entrepreneur says billion dollar valuations do not guarantee success and switching to profitability should be the end goal
How to manage the people’s wealth
The largest pool of wealth in the world is still comprised of commercial assets that are held in public ownership. If professionally managed it could generate an annual yield of $2.7trn
Thieliant: Japan’s economy is winning, but citizens still losing
Marcel Thieliant, Japan Economist at Capital Economics, tells World Finance that further structural reforms and wage increases are key
The future part 2: poorer, taxed harder, and more opportunistic
World Finance speaks with Richard Dobbs co- author of No Ordinary Disruption on the key forces transforming the global economy over the next two decades
Could HSBC make it in China?
World Finance speaks with attorney and China expert Frankie Fook-Lun Leung on the future of the world’s local bank – and how it might impact China
The future part 1: poorer, older and more resourceful
World Finance speaks with Richard Dobbs co- author of No Ordinary Disruption on the key forces transforming the global economy over the next two decades
Is Japan as robust as we think?
Economist argues Japan’s macroeconomic saga is not over; economic recovery needs to continue before fiscal consolidation can take off
Mills: China likely to trump Europe as global leader in next decade
Economist John Mills fears the decline of the single currency just as the internationalisation of the RMB has taken off has sealed the continent’s fate
