Joel Werner
India's Rural Economy Remains Resilient Amid Pandemic
The rural economy in India remained resilient throughout the pandemic. In fact, in many cases, it has taken the pandemic to demonstrate...
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Joel Werner
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
4 Cognitive Biases Investors Must Guard Against to Protect Their Investments
Even seasoned investors can fall prey to cognitive biases, i.e., little tricks the mind plays on us that can significantly impact the...
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Joel Werner
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Online Shopping Drives Growth in Southeast Asia
By the end of this year, the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam will...
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Joel Werner
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
Do Coal Shortages Mean It's Time for Asia to Go Green?
On the back of severe domestic coal shortages in China and India—Asia’s two largest thermal coal consumers—coal prices have more than...
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Joel Werner
- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
Why the COSMIC Platform Affirms Singapore's Commitment to Fight Money Laundering
Asia was the birthplace of “one of the greatest financial heists in history”: the 1MDB Scandal. 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was a...
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Joel Werner
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
4 Ways US Sanctions Have Affected China's Telco Giant
In August 2021, China’s Huawei Technologies Co. reported a 38 percent fall in quarterly revenue. Huawei is the world’s biggest telecom...
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Joel Werner
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
5 Ways Asian Boards Can Improve on Governance
A year-long research study led by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) into the current state of the Asian boards and board leaders’...
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Joel Werner
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Is Chinese Juggernaut Evergrande Too Big to Fail? What Happens If It's Not?
The most indebted real estate developer in the world is struggling to pay its debts and has warned investors it may default. China’s...
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Joel Werner
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Can Introverts Sell? Experts Say Yes if You Follow These 4 Tips
Some kind of selling, negotiating, or persuading is required for most jobs in the business world. However, this can be especially...
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Joel Werner
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
Another Indian Success Story – Pine Labs Close to Ready for IPO
Earlier this year, a Boston Consulting Group report on India's fintech industry predicted a threefold increase in value for the sector...
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Joel Werner
- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
How to Develop an Ethos of Continual Improvement in Your Organization
W. Edwards Deming is one of the fathers of systems thinking and is attributed with helping to rebuild Japan’s industrial strength after...
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Joel Werner
- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
How Can Asian Family Businesses Balance the New Trust Equation?
Asian economies are characterized by family businesses that still dominate the business landscape. Two-thirds of the world’s largest...
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Joel Werner
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
The State of Gender Diversity in Hong Kong’s Financial Services Sector
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) runs the third-largest stock market globally, capitalized at US$7 trillion. For more than a year...
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Joel Werner
- Sep 7, 2021
- 3 min
Is Your Portfolio Diversified, or Are You Guilty of Home Bias?
Home bias refers to the tendency of investors to overweight their portfolios with domestic stocks. Familiarity, cost, FOREX, and political
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Joel Werner
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
IQ Gets You in but EQ Leads You through - How Successful People Connect
The average number of emotions people can identify in themselves and others is a measly three—bad, glad, and sad. Yes, it's a shocking...
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Joel Werner
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
India's Fintech Sector Set to See a 3X Increase in Value
In March of 2021, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a report on India’s fintech industry. The study was undertaken in...
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