February 15, 2012

ANZ New Zealand’s institutional MD David Green warns Kiwis will need to seriously change their mindset if we’re to benefit from the Government’s new China strategy.

Executive Update carries a distinctive Asian flavour this time as the Government unleashes its big plan for Kiwis to make inroads into China and ANZ’s David Green warns Kiwis they need to brush up their thinking on the Middle Kingdom.

Pundits’ predictions on the shape of the future keep pouring in. Here’s our pick of the latest lot. They laser in on the future of financial services, how tribalism inevitably carves world trade into Anglo-, Sino- and Indospheres, and what’s on the horizon this year for consumer technology. 

Anyone wanting a stronger fix of Asian economic news can now get it on a daily basis.

The Commerce Commission has released a discussion paper on how it intends to implement the new Telecommunications Development Levy liability allocation process.

CampaignAsia weighs into the debate on who owns and controls online information in a recent article by PR practitioner Jeremy Woolf.

Demand for consumer technology will continue to advance this year with record numbers of smartphones and tablets likely to be sold, according to Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2012 report.

Businesspeople need to factor in the influence of the Anglo-, Sino- and Indosphere according to a recent Schumpeter column in The Economist.

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On the positive news front, a new HSBC report reckons New Zealand will top the league table of developed countries with 2.9 percent GDP growth in 2050.

A new report by London-based L3F (Long Finance Forum of Futurists) scopes out four possible scenarios for the global financial services market over the next 40 years.

The recent approval for the Shanghai Pengxin Group to buy New Zealand’s Crafar farms was a seminal event in this country’s economic evolution, says David Mahon in his latest “China Watch” review.

McKinsey’s Shanghai-based director Gordon Orr has come out with 10 predictions for China this year. In essence, he says that despite food price inflation and a stagnant housing market, China should maintain a rapid rate of growth.

Changes brought about by digital marketing are now having a significant impact on both up- and downstream business, according to a new report by research-based business consultancy TNS.

People in Asia are more trusting of businesses and governments than their counterparts in the US or Europe.

A new Havas Media study shows consumers in fast-growing economies are significantly more positive about brands than people in more mature markets.