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Workforce hopes and fears
Business, Published on 01/07/2023
» Some 39% of workers in Asia-Pacific believe their organisation will not survive more than 10 years if it continues on its current course, the "2023 Hopes and Fears Global Workforce Survey" conducted by PwC reveals.
Debt-stricken Stark seeks way to avoid delisting
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/06/2023
» Stark Corporation Public Company Limited, the Thai industrial cable maker at the centre of an accounting scandal and debt default that rattled financial markets, plans to restructure its debt to stave off a forced delisting.
Stark asks for more time for special audit report
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/06/2023
» Stark Corporation has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delay the deadline for the submission of its special audit report by another 30 days from Friday, but indicated it is prepared to file its 2022 financial statement on July 16, as required by the regulator.
Thai M&A set to surge
Business, Published on 02/05/2023
» Thailand's merger and acquisition (M&A) volume and value should improve in the second half of 2023, according to PwC Thailand, after many businesses paused M&A activities because of economic conditions, inflation and geopolitical risks.
Regional CEOs on edge
Business, Published on 27/01/2023
» As macroeconomic conditions deteriorate, uncertainty rises and inflation hits levels not seen in decades, chief executives of companies in Asia-Pacific have more to worry about than usual.
Businesses press on with hybrid work
Business, Published on 13/01/2023
» Businesses are expected to continue with hybrid work in 2023 despite a push to get workers to return to the office.
The embedded finance challenge
Business, Published on 16/12/2022
» 'Embedded finance" is disrupting the global banking order as non-finance companies are eating into traditional banks' market share. The threat to the traditional finance sector is significant, according to the international consultancy PwC.
Climate risk and finance
Business, Published on 16/09/2022
» Thailand's banks and financial sector must act urgently to improve climate risk management in their operations as regulators start to conduct climate risk stress tests across the region, according to PwC.
The Great Resignation is set to continue
Business, Published on 30/08/2022
» One in five employees in Asia Pacific intends to switch to a new employer in the next 12 months, according to a new survey by PwC. That should be a wake-up call for companies across the region, many of whom have already been grappling with a skill and talent shortage for years.
Food export bans in Asia prompt fears of more protectionism
New York Times, Published on 11/06/2022
» As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped push global agricultural prices to soaring heights, some Asian governments restricted the export of products they viewed as essential to domestic food security.