https://www.scmp.com/rss/322619/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com One current infestation of Hong Kong’s financial landscape is the rapid proliferation of family offices that are actually ill suited for investment management. The family office concept for mainland Chinese looks like a sophistical exercise by both the clients and private bankers. The whole concept is completely misunderstood or mismanaged by Chinese clients. Yet, it has been embraced by venal nouveau riche who want to placate their egos by creating an illusion of sophistication. And bankers are... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2099860/chinese-wealth-and-family-offices-need-professionals-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2099860/chinese-wealth-and-family-offices-need-professionals-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2017 04:20:21 +0000 An official of China’s central bank on Saturday called for an increase in the fiscal deficit along with better policy coordination as China appeared to be falling into a liquidity trap where money-pumping failed to spur corporate investment. Sheng Songcheng, head of statistics and analysis at the People’s Bank of China, called for a proactive fiscal policy, including trimming corporate tax burdens, issuing more government debt and increasing the fiscal deficit making to make monetary policy more... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1990673/peoples-bank-china-official-warns-liquidity-trap-and-calls-fiscal-deficit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1990673/peoples-bank-china-official-warns-liquidity-trap-and-calls-fiscal-deficit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:21:58 +0000 [Sponsored Article] If institutions are to invest successfully, they need sound portfolio management strategies. But determining such strategies is not simply a matter of tracking markets, analysing corporate results, and interpreting headline data. To achieve consistent positive returns, it is also vital to take account of other factors which influence investment decisions – and their longer-term implications. Two decisive factors were covered in the latest instalment of the Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/manage-successful-investment/article/1945570/tracking-changes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/manage-successful-investment/article/1945570/tracking-changes?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 May 2016 03:15:45 +0000