Greater China


“China will continue to grow, despite current global economic slowdown”


“China will continue to grow, despite current global economic slowdown”

December 2011

(Part 1 of 3) Conversation with Andy Xie, former Chief Asia Economist of Morgan Stanley — China is slowing down — some banks are facing liquidity issues and consolidation is inevitable — Southeast Asia could win back a manufacturing sector previously lost to China.


“China will continue to grow, despite current global economic slowdown”


“China will continue to grow, despite current global economic slowdown”

December 2011

(Part 2 of 3) Conversation with Andy Xie, former Chief Asia Economist of Morgan Stanley — China will export excess capital through foreign listings on its stock markets — Hong Kong will lose dominance as China’s offshore financial centre — multinationals are still bullish on China, despite market fluctuations.


“China will continue to grow, despite current global economic slowdown”


“China will continue to grow, despite current global economic slowdown”

December 2011

(Part 3 of 3) Conversation with Andy Xie, former Chief Asia Economist of Morgan Stanley — Inflation should not be an issue in China — what does high speed rail accident say about how business is done in China — drive to get rich quick, and corruption, are key concerns, but it still has a lot of potential.


“We’ve been working on our China strategy for at least 20 years.”


“We’ve been working on our China strategy for at least 20 years.”

September 2011

(Part 3 of 3) Conversation with Rick Waugh, CEO, Scotiabank — How it started, and grew, in Malaysia — how it started in Chongqing — the strategy behind white-boxing its banking services to grow overseas.


We must adapt Islamic finance to existing international standards


We must adapt Islamic finance to existing international standards

May 2011

(Part 1 of 3) Conversation with Rifaat Abdel Karim, secretary general of the Islamic Financial Services Board, on – IFSB’s regulatory role – integration of secular rules – establishment of ILM to address liquidity management issues


We must adapt Islamic finance to existing international standards


We must adapt Islamic finance to existing international standards

May 2011

(Part 3 of 3) Conversation with Rifaat Abdel Karim, secretary general of the Islamic Financial Services Board, on – developing and maintaining standards – support from member countries - adapting to new financial scenarios


Markets only value banks they can understand


Markets only value banks they can understand

April 2011

(Part 3 of 3) Conversation with Aditya Puri, managing director of HDFC Bank, India, on – sustainability of the Indian economy – concerns on government deficits - unspecified subsidies


I am committed to organic growth.


I am committed to organic growth.

February 2011

(Part 1 of 3) Conversation with Piyush Gupta, CEO of Development Bank of Singapore Group, on the challenges of refocusing the bank in his first year of leadership – creating a corporate treasury to put surpluses to work – building out a Singapore loan book – pushing cross-sell to increase fees