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  • surveymonkey
    Opinion

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    Everyone loves a good movie but what’s the best? It’s holiday time, you may be stuffed after a great meal, tired of anything related to shopping and you are ready for some after-dinner discussion with the family that doesn’t involve politics.

  • Opinion

    Common claims pitfalls - how to minimise and overcome them

    2018-02-16T16:41:00Z

    Willis Towers Watson, head of claims, Asia, Neil Thomas, shares his top tips on how risk managers can better manage a claims crisis

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    Asian firms ‘lack focus’ on cyber risk

    2018-02-02T16:37:00Z

    The intangibility of the risk is also a pressure point for Asian risk managers who are facing a threat to their firms which is difficult to pinpoint

  • Geofflambrou
    Opinion

    Top 5 things risk managers in Asia need to know right now

    2018-01-29T16:35:00Z

    Geoffrey Lambrou, Aon chief executive officer, Specialty Broking & Operational Excellence, Asia speaks exclusively with Strategic Risk Asia-Pacific to highlight key takeaways for risk managers from Aon’s Asia Market Review 2018.

  • Opinion

    Two studies find one gene for red beaks and feathers

    2016-05-20T16:18:00Z

    Two studies find one gene for red beaks and feathers A pair of scientific papers has identified the same single gene as the source of red colouring in birds. The gene makes an enzyme that lets the birds convert yellow pigments, which they eat, into red ones, ...

  • Opinion

    When Saudi Arabia ruled OPEC

    2016-04-20T13:32:00Z

    This weekend’s OPEC fiasco in Doha underscores Saudi Arabia’s lack of wiggle room in production. Saudi has its back to the wall, financially speaking, caught in the cold and it cannot afford to rein in its output.   

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    Japanese market takes a leap of faith

    2016-04-20T13:32:00Z

    I’ve seen some pretty rum things in my time and I can assure you that the behaviour of the Japanese stock markets over the past two days is right up there. A 3.5% bungee jump does nobody any credit, least of all those who might have sold at the bottom ...

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    China’s credit-fueled growth gives reason to doubt market recovery

    2016-04-20T13:31:00Z

    A look at China’s debt-fuelled growth figures shows we should be a lot less confident about the rest of the global economy and financial markets.    

  • Opinion

    Intel goes from hero to zero

    2016-04-20T13:29:00Z

    The announcement that Intel Corp is going into serious retrenchment mode should come as no surprise but it still feels like the cage in which we have lived for the past 30 or so years is being rattled.