Preserving forests is priority in Vietnam province
TUYEN QUANG: Tuyen Quang province has implemented robust mechanisms and policies to effectively harness the potential of its forests. These…
Ho Chi Minh City office tenants looking for green buildings
HO CHI MINH CITY: Tenants in Ho Chi Minh City are increasingly looking for green offices with good amenities that…
UK firms report slowest job growth in 36 months
LONDON: Starting salaries for permanent staff grew at the slowest rate in over three years last month, and spending on…
Vietnam’s Quang Nam province calls for more investment
Hanoi: More than US$280mil from 16 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects and nine domestic projects has been injected into the…
US banks target Australian pensions for hedging business
NEW YORK: Wall Street banks are jostling for business from Australia’s pension funds as the world’s fastest-growing pool of retirement…
Indonesia’s weighty food, health problems
“PORTUGAL” is a word that increasingly gets mentioned in dinner conversations with families and friends.
London’s bond market whisperer raises US$3.8 trillion for country
LONDON: As a 20-year-old trainee at a now-defunct German bank, Robert Stheeman’s first job was running the industrial paper cutter…
Bank valuations at stake as EU splits with Wall Street over ESG
Frankfurt: The European Banking Federation (EBF) says lenders in the region won’t be able to compete with their US rivals…
Bond market risks dislocation as needs surge
GOVERNMENTS are meeting more of their fundraising needs by raising debt not just through regular auctions, but also increasingly via…