How to make a luxury brand from scratch

IT’S ANOTHER sweltering Saturday evening in Singapore, and the air conditioning at the ION Orchard shopping mall is doing its job. Inside, well-heeled tourists and locals line up behind a velvet rope, eagerly awaiting their entry into a room bursting with hues of orange, blue, and gold. But this isn’t a trendy nightclub, or even […]

China’s wine market ready to welcome likely return of Aussie wine as ties improve

JEFF SIEPMAN-UNSPLASH NEWS that punitive tariffs on Australian wine introduced by China in 2021 would be reviewed as part of a push to improve the relationship between the two countries was cheered by many, including Campbell Thompson. The Beijing-based Australian Chief Executive […]

The Maharlika Strategic Investment Fund governance issues: Aligning with best practice

FREEPIK (Part 2) “A camel, it has been said, is a horse designed by a committee.” — Amartya Sen,“The Possibility of Social Choice,” Nobel Lecture, December 1998. The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) lists 120 funds as of 2022, of which 48 are members of the IFSWF which committed to adhere to the […]