Want to be in the loop?
subscribe to
our notification
Business News
INVITATION TO WEBINAR ON 12 AUGUST, 2021 (4-5PM HKT) - AFF 2022 WEBINAR SERIES
While the preparation work of the AFF 2022 is well underway, we would be arranging a series of webinars again this year to build up the momentum. Echoing with the AFF 2022 theme - “Navigating the Next Normal towards a Sustainable Future”, three sessions of webinars, covering the topics of Family Office, Green Finance and Regtech respectively, will be organised to discuss key issues in the financial industry, to keep stakeholders abreast of the latest market development.
The first one on “Family Office – the Next Normal of Wealth Management” will take place at 4-5pm (HKT) on 12 Aug. We are delighted to have prominent speakers including Danny Lee, Partner of Blue Pool Capital, Monique Chan, Vice Chair, Asia and Branch Manager of Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd and John Wong, Family Business and Private Client Services Leader of PwC Hong Kong to examine a host of issues:
• Changing roles, operations and strategies of family offices
• Investment landscape, trends and opportunities in Mainland China and ASEAN
• Hong Kong’s advantages and support to the family offices
More details of the webinar could be found here: https://info.hktdc.com/dm/aff/2022/itr172580/index_en.html.
Registrations could be made at: https://bit.ly/3rNHptH.
Related News
GDP GROWTH REACHES 6.42 PC IN FIRST HALF
Vietnam's economy grew by 6.42 pc in the first six months of 2024, slightly lower than the figure of 6.58 pc in the same time of 2022 within the 2020-2024 period.
CAPITAL FLOWS STRONGLY INTO INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE
Industrial real estate has had easier access to bank credit since July, when the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) reduced the credit risk coefficient for industrial real estate from 200 per cent to 160 per cent, encouraging commercial banks to lend to more projects in the segment.
FDI INFLOW INTO VIETNAM REACHES NEARLY 15.2 BILLION USD
Vietnam attracted nearly 15.2 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 13.1 per cent, according to the General Statistics Office.
ESTABLISHING NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security is drafting the data law project to unify, synchronize and effectively use data for administration and social economic development, for digital government development and for administrative procedure reform.
CONGLOMERATES AID FOREIGN MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT
The manufacturing and processing sector is attracting major investment from abroad, thanks to the expansion of key conglomerates, especially from South Korea. With total revenues of about $16.2 billion and profit of $400 million last year, Hyosung Group, which works in textiles and garments, industrial materials, IT, construction, and chemicals, has expressed its plan to expand operations in Vietnam.
SPECIAL POLICIES PROPOSED TO DEVELOP THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
The draft law has proposed a number of outstanding policies to promote the development of the digital technology industry, develop the brand of Việt Nam's digital technology industry and develop domestic and foreign markets, as well as investing, purchasing and selecting suppliers of digital technology products and services using State budget capital.