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  • How to Communicate Effectively with China’s Investors: Three Striking Findings from a New FleishmanHillard Survey

    China is an attractive proposition for global asset management firms. The market is set to have the world’s second-largest asset management industry by 2023, with continuing liberalizations offering the promise of more direct access for overseas firms in the coming years. This possibility makes setting up shop in China and earning the attention of Chinese investors a matter of great urgency for global firms. The challenge is that this market – largely inaccessible to overseas...

  • New FleishmanHillard Report Shows Credibility, Performance, ESG and Multi-Channel Communications are Key for China Investors

    “The Future of Asset Management in China” Provides Financial Institutions Insights on the Ever-changing Asset Management Industry   HONG KONG, Oct. 29, 2019 – FleishmanHillard today released a new report, “The Future of Asset Management in China,” offering insights to global asset managers assessing opportunities in China. The report features analysis drawn from a survey of mainland Chinese investors’ attitudes and behavior, plus an overview of the latest industry trends. The key findings of the...

  • #FHCannes: Chinese Myths and Legends

    In China, last week’s insights can lose their currency in the blink of an eye. The market continues to evolve at an incredible pace as consumers constantly seek the thrall of the new. At Cannes International Festival of Creativity, four China marketing experts joined our own Rachel Catanach, president, Greater China, to debunk some commonly held but misguided perceptions about Chinese consumers in the Connecting Culturally in China session. Myth 1: Chinese consumers like big Western brands China marketing...

  • Technology Industry Confronts Reputational Challenges from Techlash in New Report from FleishmanHillard

    Technology has unquestionably lived up to its promise of making everyday life better and more efficient in many wonderful ways. But in the last few years, the drawbacks have become glaringly evident. Privacy invasions. Misuse or outright theft of personal information. Workforce disruptions from AI. And, in some cases, the aggressive pursuit of corporate growth at the expense of ethics and social responsibility.   Today we launch a global report looking at the reputational challenges...

  • Consumers Looking for Education as Artificial Intelligence Infiltrates Our World

    Consumers lack a full understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and are looking to businesses, government and academia for education, according to a FleishmanHillard report released today. The report highlights that 61% of all those surveyed believe the responsibility for educating the public about AI should be shared. To learn more and to access our full report, Artificial Intelligence & Communications, The Fads. The Fears. The Future can be viewed here: http://fleishmanhillard.com/2018/07/technology/ai-the-technology-we-love-to-hyperbolise/ For enquiry, please contact...

  • Viewpoints: Hong Kong’s renaissance starts with creativity

    This year’s Davos has been and gone. While the headline act was president Trump’s America first speech, the meeting’s theme of “Creating a shared future in a fractured world” was designed to recapture some of the high ground lost last year. As the WEF warned in the 2018 program, “citizens yearn for responsive leadership; yet, a collective purpose remains elusive.” Not a new message but a timely reminder of the implicit social contract that exists...

  • FinTech in 2018: The Fads, the Fears and the Future

    Last year proved to be another exciting ride on the FinTech rollercoaster. We reached out to over 30 experts from leading brands including Ant Financial, Citi, Ripple, Santander, Starling Bank, Visa and Western Union to share their insights on the biggest fads of 2017, lift the lid on their biggest fears, and unveil the most exciting opportunities for 2018. Our contributors identified Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) as the most over-hyped trend of 2017, closely followed...

  • Robots Can’t Tell Jokes! Six things I Learnt about AI

    Agreeing to moderate a panel on a topic you know only a little about is a great way to learn and quickly. What better way to accelerate up a learning curve than being on stage quizzing the experts! Here are six things that I discovered moderating a panel on “The Future of Communications in an AI World” at the 2017 In2 Innovation Summit in Hong Kong. It’s all about the learning Computers do all sorts...

  • RISE 2017 Inspires, Delights and Boosts Asia’s Startup Ecosystem

    RISE conference* in Hong Kong is an amazing opportunity for tech innovators and investors to meet, make connections and be inspired. It’s a platform for startups looking for high-quality exposure, and a place for new leaders to get valuable advice from world-class founders. It’s also a fun three-day celebration of entrepreneurship that spreads out from the official conference halls into the restaurants, bars, karaoke lounges and tourist hotspots of Hong Kong. By the numbers, alone...

  • Don’t Hunt the Big Cats: Listen to the Lion Cubs

    Written by James Hacking, Senior Vice President of BlueCurrent Hong Kong The array of speakers from an impressively diverse range of industries at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity was as glittering as the city itself. This year the event played host to Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, human rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson while Oscar winners like Dame Helen Mirren, rap star A$AP Rocky and photographer Mario Testino provided a hit of...

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