How China has gone from green laggard to green leader
China has a track-record of making changes rapidly. Within just the past decade or two, the world’s most populous country has become its biggest market for passenger cars, its biggest…
Crude Oil Outlook – It’s Already Rebalanced!
By Barnabas Gan, OCBC Analyst Concerns on crude oil’s oversupply environment have been plaguing oil futures lower in the first half of 2017. Statistically, both WTI and Brent had fallen…
Parents In Malaysia Spend An Average Of RM109,470 On Their Child’s Education
Parents are spending an average of RM109,470 (USD25,479) on their child’s education from primary school up to university undergraduate level, according to Higher and higher, HSBC’s new report in The…
Half Of Companies Do Not Own Business Liability Insurance
While most companies (95%) have some form of general business insurance such as accident and property cover, roughly half of the companies surveyed in Asia do not carry any business…
Seven Key Things About Phased Liberalised Motor And Fire Insurance
Since 1 July 2017, the motor and fire insurance in Malaysia has experience a phased liberalisation where Tariffs or fixed premium rates that were previously in place will be gradually…
Fintech – A Key Driver Of Growth For ASEAN Financial Institutions
The new wave of financial technology – better known as fintech – is often portrayed as a disruptive force that threatens banks with new, agile and savvy competitors. Globally, fintech…
Digi ventures into RM9.5 billion IoT space with Connected Vehicles strategy
In Malaysia, connected vehicles and insurance telematics have been identified as two of the fastest growing use cases for IoT that will contribute towards the expected RM9.5 billion GNI creation…