With Mandarin a prerequisite for deal making in North Asia, and many expats looking to relocate, the junior ranks of global investment banks in Hong Kong are increasingly dominated by bankers who’ve completed some of their education in mainland China. This trend is set […]
I’m graduating next year with a finance degree from the University of Hong Kong, but I haven’t yet secured a job offer, despite having good grades and two internships under my belt. I’d like to work in private wealth or […]
Bankers from Hong Kong and Singapore say they often end up drinking to excess when they meet clients from mainland China and try to forge strong relationships with them. China’s culture of corporate boozing has been thrown into the spotlight […]
If you’re a job seeker in Hong Kong and you want to work for one of the world’s top-10 investment banks by market capitalisation, you could try Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley, which respectively rank in first and second place. […]
Ask Zhu Kaiyu about his factory, and he can rattle off a series of statistics meant to impress: 15,000 square meters, 800 employees, 300 machines, 5 million articles of clothing sold per year. Zhu opened his factory for knitted apparel […]
As the number of COVID-19 cases in China falls, it is also recovering from the effects on industry. Companies have been exploring creative ways to restart global supply chains. More work is needed to ensure long-term resilience. China seems to […]
With signs that the COVID-19 coronavirus might not be as under control as was initially hoped, some banks have updated their guidelines for staff on how to protect against themselves the illness. Goldman Sachs’ international head of human capital management, Sally Boyle, […]
The attention of markets remains fixed on the economic fallout from the coronavirus in China and beyond. This is understandable. The spread of the virus – or more accurately, the effort to contain it – poses the biggest near-term threat […]
Today is Chinese new year. However, thanks to the coronavirus that has so far officially infected around 2,700 people and killed 80, many in China are not celebrating. Yesterday, China’s health minister Ma Xiaowei said the virus is infectious during its one to fourteen […]
Christmas comes early in China. November 11 (11/11), known as “Singles Day,” is the world’s biggest 24-hour shopping event. Originally a cynical response to Valentine’s Day for bachelors, the day was transformed in 2009 by Alibaba executive (now CEO) Daniel […]
