Category Archives: Insights

Danai Pathomvanich May 19, 2015 As mobile and internet financial services become ubiquitous in the region, more and more online lenders will become small and medium size business (SMEs) lifelines. At the same time, new entrepreneurs relying on internally-developed algorithms and lending models will operate profitably in markets that have traditionally been deemed too high-cost…

Danai Pathomvanich May 15, 2015 As many Asian families attain substantial liquidity following successful listings in global capital markets, large family offices are being created. Just six months after Alibaba’s successful US$25 billion New York Stock Exchange initial public offering (IPO), its Chief Financial Officer Joseph Tsai announced that he would be forming a multi-billion…

K I Woo May 12, 2015 Last year, Alibaba’s New York Stock Exchange IPO broke all records and made its major shareholders among the world’s wealthiest people. Recently, one of Alibaba’s first western employees, Porter Erisman published “Alibaba’s World – how a remarkable Chinese company is changing the face of global business”. Erisman, an American…

Danai Pathomvanich Apr 22, 2015 Mercedes Benz has for decades successfully maintained an iconic brand that exudes premium quality and emotion in its customers’ hearts and minds. In a recent McKinsey interview, Ola Kallenius 45, the Swedish-born member of the Mercedes-Benz Divisional Board responsible for marketing and sales shared his views on what is driving…