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Fund manager urges risk assessment
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 14/08/2017
» Investors should look at the risk of an asset class before investing to avoid misunderstandings, a fund manager warns.
Sluggish loan demand managed by interbank
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 14/08/2017
» Bank-to-bank lending and money market operations have been instrumental for commercial banks in managing their surplus liquidity and sources of income amid sluggish loan demand.
Infrastructure ambitions require the financing to match
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 14/08/2017
» The 10 members of Asean should keep their promise to make infrastructure investments worth US$700 billion with the Asean-5 (Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia) at the forefront of the drive, say senior bankers at HSBC.
Mutual optimism
Asia focus, Published on 14/08/2017
» While Asean celebrated its golden anniversary last week, it was also marking the silver anniversary of official ties with India. The official dialogue partnership that began in 1992 has made substantial progress on the economic and political fronts but both sides believe the potential is just beginning to be tapped.
Fast train to where, exactly?
Asia focus, Published on 14/08/2017
» Described by the British historian Peter Hopkirk as "the greatest assistance to the civil power in the administration of the country", an expansive railway network can bring prosperity to the settlements alongside its rails and the region it serves.
Land Rover Discovery TD6 HSE (2017) review
Life, Richard Leu, Published on 14/08/2017
» High-riding family-movers are all over the place, but nothing offers the go-anywhere ability of the Land Rover Discovery.
Calls to raise NSF pension fund match
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/08/2017
» The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has floated the idea of lifting the ceiling for the government's matching contributions to the National Savings Fund (NSF) to 1,500 baht a year for each member.
Transforming Banpu
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/08/2017
» By diversifying investments in CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) and expanding its renewable energy portfolio, Bangkok-based Banpu Plc aims to completely transform itself from a coal company to an integrated energy provider.
Myanmar moves forward
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 14/08/2017
» The government of Myanmar is about to take dramatic steps to spur economic development and improve government efficiency. Several significant cabinet changes are in the pipeline, detailed economic strategies are being finalised and a shake-up in the bureaucracy is already under way.
Sexual harassment of men
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/08/2017
» It's not often we associate a singing concert with sexual harassment, but that certainly happened with Workpoint's popular show <i>The Mask Singer Season 2</i> last Thursday.