Lynk Insight • 1st September 2020

Is ESG Ready to Take Centre Stage in a Post-Pandemic World?

As the pandemic causes wide-scale deglobalisation and rapid decoupling of supply chains, investors are shifting away from vulnerable assets in such volatile times. This period coincides with a renewed momentum of the ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) movement in the finance space, which calls for asset managers to think critically about investing sustainably.

Lynk Insight • 20th August 2020

AIA’s Mark Konyn: Lack of Diversity No Longer an Excuse in 2020

When Mark Konyn entered the finance industry in mid-80s London, he thought lack of diversity and representation in his sector were issues of the past. It was later in his career that Konyn realised not only his assumptions were wrong, but the buyside industry he belonged to also had a significantly low women representation in senior levels globally.

Lynk Insight • 19th August 2020

Enterprise Automation: Pros and Cons of Investing in Robotic Processing Automation

In 2019, the global research firm Gartner found that robotic processing automation (RPA) was among the fastest-growing categories of enterprise software, adding to the increased attention around enterprise automation in recent years.

Lynk Insight • 28th July 2020

Cutting Through the Noise: Signals from North Korea

Back in June, the North Korean government abruptly blew up a joint liaison office with South Korea near the two countries’ border, renewing threats of military actions over the issue that defectors from the North had once again sent anti-regime propaganda across the border in flying balloons. A move that reinforces North Korea’s long-standing reputation as an unpredictable player on the international stage.

Lynk Insight • 21st July 2020

Can Speech AI Help Companies Save Cost?

Amidst the economic consequences caused by the global pandemic, automation has returned to the forefront of discussions. Across various industries, call centres and customer support are some of the sectors most vulnerable to automation, specifically to a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) called natural language processing — the art of making computers understand and communicate with human language.

Lynk Insight • 14th July 2020

AIA Singapore’s Chunyen Liu: Diversity on the Buyside Should Come from the Top

The buyside industry evokes a reputation of both prestiege and enigma. Long held as a competitive and demanding career reserved for elites, the buyside is also known to be predominantly male, irrespective of regions across the world.

Lynk Insight • 7th July 2020

The Next Normal: Navigating Deglobalisation

In six months, COVID-19 has laid bare the vulnerability of the global economy. With international trade coming to a halt, countries going into lockdown, and global supply chain unravelling in real-time, experts are raising concerns over what some are calling the onset of deglobalisation.

Lynk Insight • 30th June 2020

How Blockchain Can Enhance Food Traceability

The modern day food system is a massive web of global networks made to feed the world’s population. But as the food supply chain becomes more complex, it has also become harder to trace the origin of our daily meals, which has broad implications for food safety everywhere.

Lynk Insight • 9th June 2020

Business of Esports: Where is The Money in The Gaming Industry?

In 2019, over one million people tuned in to watch the League of Legends World Championship, an event where 13 teams of video game players from around the world gather to compete in a celebration of digital athleticism.

Lynk Insight • 28th May 2020

Meat the Future: Experts on How Protein Substitutes Will Change The Way We Eat

As the world approaches its full capacity for agricultural meat production, protein substitutes are slowly gaining traction as the food industry searches for a way to feed the world in a sustainable way.

Lynk Insight • 21st May 2020

More Than Just Tech: How to Do Online Learning During Pandemic

There are better times to start a school semester than in the midst of a global pandemic. However, that was precisely the situation many teachers and students found themselves in when COVID-19 put the world to a halt from early February this year.

Lynk Insight • 14th May 2020

Future of Work: How Coronavirus Changes The Startup Culture

COVID-19 is putting the world’s economy on life-support, leading to mass unemployment and an imminent global recession. However, the crisis also offers a rare glimpse into how companies are adapting under pressure, and whether the new frameworks they adopt can carry far into the post-COVID economy.

Lynk Insight • 7th May 2020

How Restaurants Are Coping with Social Distancing

With social distancing policies in place, COVID-19 has posed unprecedented challenges to the global restaurant industry. Larry Tang, the founder of the Hong Kong-based restaurant group FAMA, is not surprised by the setbacks brought by the current pandemic.

Lynk Insight • 28th April 2020

The Economy is Deglobalising. What Happens Next is Up to Us

When China announced its economy had shrunk for the first time in almost three decades this month, the market was taken aback by yet another devastation caused by the coronavirus. The 6.8 per cent plunge in the world’s second largest economy signalled that most manufacturing activities around the world have been put on hold due to the pandemic, kicking off what some are calling the beginning of deglobalisation.

Lynk Insight • 17th April 2020

What Will the Global Economy Look Like After COVID-19?

The coronavirus disease – officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) – has caused unprecedented disruptions to the global economy within the span of two months. The scale of the pandemic is historic and all-encompassing, prompting governments, businesses and individuals to rethink their strategy for years to come.

Inkstone • 24th August 2018

China’s top mountaineer finds the meaning of life at 26,000 feet

By conquering Alaska’s Denali in June, the 54-year-old became only the second mountaineer ever to achieve what’s known as the “True Explorer’s Grand Slam” – climbing the world’s 20 highest peaks and reaching both the North and South Poles on foot.

Inkstone • 15th August 2018

China’s Tesla challenger wants to raise billions in the States

Chinese electric car startup NIO is aiming to raise $1.8 billion by going public on the New York Stock Exchange, according to documents the company filed on Monday.

Inkstone • 13th August 2018

China blocks Reddit — but why now?

Reddit appears to be blocked in China, joining sites like Google, Facebook and Twitter on a list of foreign-owned websites inaccessible in the country. Internet users in China began reporting their inability to access the world’s most popular discussion forum since as early as Friday.

Inkstone • 9th August 2018

Living in the legacy of one child policy, Chinese woman seeks pregnancy at 67

Like most other couples in the 1980s, Zhang was only allowed to have one child due to China’s notorious population control policy. The policy has created a generation of parents who live in despair because they have lost their only child. The phenomenon is called shidu – the “bereavement of the only.”

Inkstone • 1st August 2018

Video: Hong Kong people explore rooftop farming

“Hong Kong is an ideal place for growing vegetables because we have weather suitable for vegetables all year round,” said Lam. “The pleasure is not only from [the crop’s] fresh taste but also [witnessing] the process, from seed to harvest.”