Media Coverage

Media Coverage

The Ken
| Who stands a chance among Malaysia’s digital bank aspirants?

“Digital bank aspirants in Malaysia will also have to grapple with each other in an environment where incumbent banks already enjoy high penetration rates with a population that has only a modest gross domestic savings rate of about 26%, less than half that of neighbouring Singapore,” Andrew Yeo Asia practice lead for public policy advisory firm Global Counsel told The Ken.

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Financial Times
| FCA says 'we are learning' when it comes to online scams

The Financial Conduct Authority’s chief executive officer has said the regulator is still learning about how to deal with digital entrants to financial services but its work would be made easier by tighter legislation.

Speaking at Global Counsel’s event yesterday (July 14), Nikhil Rathi was asked if the FCA had the framework and firepower to properly regulate digital entrants to the market.

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The Times
| Focus on the cost of net zero has been a long time coming

Evaluating the costs associated with the UK’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 deserves far greater attention. It suddenly entered the fray last week when Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, was asked who would be expected to pay the touted £1 trillion cost — including £10,000 per home to replace gas boilers — in an interview with Andrew Neil.

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The Times
| Planning reforms on their own will not achieve a levelling-up

Central to Boris Johnson’s political sense of self is the notion that he is a “Brexity Hezza”: “Brexity” because he led the charge for the UK’s exit from the European Union; and “Hezza” because, like Michael Heseltine, his political passion is regenerating parts of the country that have suffered years of post-industrial decline — the policy known as “levelling-up”, even if precise definitions of it are hard to come by.

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City A.M.
| Keir Starmer was right on one thing in his reshuffle - we need a Future of Work Secretary

After a poor set of local election results and a botched reshuffle, Labour hasn’t had the best of weeks. But one thing it may have gotten right is the appointment of Angela Rayner as “shadow secretary for the future of work”. While it is easy to mock the elaborate titles bestowed on the deputy leader after she was sacked from as party chair and national campaign coordinator, her brief is nothing to scoff at. The Conservative party would do well to appoint their own equivalent to sit on the front benches. 

Until recently, concerns about the impact of technology on the workplace have largely focused on the so-called “gig economy”. This nebulous term refers to a whole range of jobs typically characterised by insecure and generally low-paid employment mediated by digital platforms – think ride-hailing, food delivery and courier services. 

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The Business Times
| New finance Minister Lawrence Wong not likely to rock fiscal-policy boat: observers

"Politically, the Finance Ministry is regarded as a heavyweight portfolio and there is some expectation that the appointment... primes (Mr Wong) as the leading candidate," remarked Andrew Yeo, head of strategic consultancy Global Counsel Singapore.

Mr Yeo, however, did not rule out both Mr Ong, the new Health Minister, and former army chief Chan Chun Sing, the new Education Minister, as contenders to be chosen as the new 4G leader.

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Malay Mail
| Cabinet reshuffle says little about who's in lead to be Singapore's next PM, analysts say

Giving their thoughts about each of the three potential candidates, the analysts said that the decision behind the new appointments are unconventional at this stage of their political careers.

Mr Andrew Yeo, senior associate at strategic advisory business firm Global Counsel, said that for Mr Wong, for instance, it may seem like his new role as finance minister may place him as the leading candidate.

After all, Mr Wong will be assuming the portfolio at an administratively complex phase, Mr Yeo noted, with the pandemic requiring adept management of competing priorities.

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