Financial services Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/financial-services/ an observatory of Asian economic power Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:10:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://asiapowerwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-logo-Asie-1-32x32.jpg Financial services Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/financial-services/ 32 32 EU votes to remove UAE from ‘high-risk’ money-laundering list https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:31:19 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3508 I was quoted by Deepthi Nair in an article for The National News on the EU removing the UAE from their AML/CFT list, a list…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list/feed/ 0 Assessing the effect of trade-based money laundering on terror financing. An Asian perspective. https://asiapowerwatch.com/assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective https://asiapowerwatch.com/assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:23:22 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3018 Demonstrating a terrorist financing typology, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) documented a case study involving an alternative remittance system (ARS) operator (or hawala facilitator)…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective/feed/ 0 Credit ratings in China: pushing a narrative built in wonderland https://asiapowerwatch.com/credit-ratings-in-china-pushing-a-narrative-built-in-wonderland/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=credit-ratings-in-china-pushing-a-narrative-built-in-wonderland https://asiapowerwatch.com/credit-ratings-in-china-pushing-a-narrative-built-in-wonderland/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:31:38 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2811 On May 12, one of China’s largest property developers, Sunac China Holdings, admitted that it had defaulted on a $750 million bond. Sunac Holdings is…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/credit-ratings-in-china-pushing-a-narrative-built-in-wonderland/feed/ 0 Russia’s pivot to China: a choice between Scylla and Charybdis? https://asiapowerwatch.com/russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis https://asiapowerwatch.com/russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:32:28 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1585 The sanctions imposed on Russia following the Ukraine crisis gave powerful impetus and made even those who had previously been skeptical about it start talking…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/russias-pivot-to-china-a-choice-between-scylla-and-charybdis/feed/ 0 Hong Kong, a city of sorrow… https://asiapowerwatch.com/hong-kong-a-city-of-sorrow/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hong-kong-a-city-of-sorrow https://asiapowerwatch.com/hong-kong-a-city-of-sorrow/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:32:00 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2553 On March 4, 2021, Asia Power Watch founder & editor Nicolas Michelon gave a lecture at the University of Central Lancashire on the economic rationale…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/hong-kong-a-city-of-sorrow/feed/ 0 Why China’s soft power erodes in an outspoken age https://asiapowerwatch.com/why-chinas-soft-power-erodes-in-an-outspoken-age/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-chinas-soft-power-erodes-in-an-outspoken-age https://asiapowerwatch.com/why-chinas-soft-power-erodes-in-an-outspoken-age/#respond Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:53:29 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1518 Lunar New Year celebrations, typically in February, are a chance to promote Chinese culture abroad. But this year’s festive updates from a resolutely booming China…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/why-chinas-soft-power-erodes-in-an-outspoken-age/feed/ 0 Mercantilism in the 21st century: an introspection https://asiapowerwatch.com/mercantilism-in-the-21st-century-an-introspection/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mercantilism-in-the-21st-century-an-introspection https://asiapowerwatch.com/mercantilism-in-the-21st-century-an-introspection/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:34:05 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1131 This article was originally published on Econfinity, on September 17, 2020. Thank you to the authors, Manjari Balu, assisted by Medha Ahuja, for their kind…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/mercantilism-in-the-21st-century-an-introspection/feed/ 0 HSBC caught in the middle of the US-China tech war https://asiapowerwatch.com/hsbc-caught-in-the-middle-of-the-us-china-tech-war/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hsbc-caught-in-the-middle-of-the-us-china-tech-war https://asiapowerwatch.com/hsbc-caught-in-the-middle-of-the-us-china-tech-war/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:10:55 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=968 On June 9, 2020, the US Department of State issued a press statement on “China’s attempted coercion of the United Kingdom”. In the statement, Washington…

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