David Knights, the Hong Kong general manager of Friends Provident International joins me in the studio today. He talks to me about his company's plans in Hong Kong and about their recent launch of a critical illness product.
At Friends Provident, Knights is responsible for the selling of life insurance, critical illness and retirement products in Hong Kong. And previously he worked in the business development arm of the insurer's African and Scandinavian businesses.
Knights first provides more details of the company's new critical illness product. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
In this video interview, Kelly Tallas, chief executive of WealthCraft Systems, explains the business of managing pensions online.
Mr Tallas has more than 15 years of experience in technology and finance. Before founding WealthCarft in August 2003 in Hong Kong with two partners, he was head of information technology at Morningstar Asia from 2000 to 2003.
In today's show, he tells Enoch Yiu how web technology can be applied to the administration of pension funds. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP
On today's show I speak with David Stannard, managing partner (Asia) of international legal practice Norton Rose and head of the firm's corporate finance practice in the region.
Norton Rose announced recently that it would merge some operations with Australian law company Deacons.
In this programme, Mr Stannard will talk about the prospects for Norton Rose after the merger and his overall views on merger and acquisition activities. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
Our guest on today's programme is Mr Bruce Hicks, founder and managing director of TPIZ resources.
In 2006 Mr Hicks, a veteran of the telecommunications industry changed careers and founded TPIZ, an environmental services and investment company.
In this programme, Mr Hicks tells us why he made the career switch and discusses what the government needs to do to help improve our environment. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
This week's White Collar guest is newly appointed chief executive of AXA Hong Kong, Stuart Harrison. Although the financial tsunami has affected every company, the insurance giant has shown resilience and was able to bounce back quicker than other companies.
Harrison attributes this to AXA's multi-distributional capacity and minimal focus on investment-linked products - one of the main reasons behind AIG's downfall. Coincidentally, Harrison was previously the head of AIG in Australia.
In this podcast, Enoch Yiu also quizzes the new head about other topics such as regulatory reform and lessons learned from the financial crisis. AUDIO AFTER THE JUMP.
