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SINGAPORE (Nov 19): An initial coin offering is an offer of digital tokens or coins to investors that are paid for either with fiat currencies or other cryptocurrencies. Given that many companies all over the world are conducting ICOs to raise funds, it i

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): The US is reaching important — and potentially disturbing — turning points, in politics as well as in the economy. First, the results of the midterm elections have changed the political dynamic, which will reorientate US President

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Lloyd Blankfein, who stepped down as CEO of Goldman Sachs at the end of September, once said in an interview with London’s The Sunday Times that banks serve a social purpose and are doing “God’s work”. The way Blankfein saw it,

SINGAPORE (Nov 5): Many years ago, when The Edge Singapore was still in its infancy, I had the good fortune of being seated next to Mark Mobius during a luncheon event. As we ate, I asked the renowned proponent of investing in emerging markets to explain

SINGAPORE (Oct 29): The rising risk aversion among global investors has been the product of geopolitical and economic risks that are not specific to Asia, yet they have taken a toll on Asian equities and currencies in the past two weeks. The unrelenting f

SINGAPORE (Oct 22): Michael Milken, the junk bond king of the 1980s, is still remembered as much for his role in developing the market for high-yield bonds as the securities violations that led to his paying massive fines, serving jail time and being perm

SINGAPORE (Oct 15): The most frequent questions that I get when I speak to non-economists concern the US tariffs on imports from China. Why is US President Donald Trump’s administration doing this? Aren’t the tariffs a tax on the goods purchased by US

SINGAPORE (Oct 15): Emerging economies have faced a perfect storm in the past few months, and things are going to get worse. Currencies and asset prices have plunged, with Argentina and Turkey worst hit, but many other emerging economies are suffering col