Viewsroom: Basket-case Britain; Gambling in Macau
Trucker shortages, partly thanks to Brexit, have been blamed for all manner of UK economic hardships, from toilet paper scarcities to long queues at petrol stations. Ed Cropley and Peter Thal Larsen e...
30 Sep 202121min
Viewsroom: Evergrande is a mostly domestic crisis
Global investors have woken up to the potential financial risks that the heavily indebted Chinese property developer poses. Breakingviews Asia columnists explain, though, that even in a worst-case sce...
23 Sep 202119min
Viewsroom: Breaking up Ant, smokes and flavors
Beijing’s crackdown on Jack Ma’s fintech giant continues, but there may be some silver linings to the latest wrinkle, Robyn Mak tells Pete Sweeney. Meantime Dasha Afanasieva explains what a cigar spin...
16 Sep 202122min
Viewsroom: Bitcoin, El Salvador and Roger Federer
As the Central American country adopts the cryptocurrency as a coin of the realm, Richard Beales and Gina Chon discuss the merits of stablecoins and the scramble by regulators to catch up with the mar...
9 Sep 202117min
Viewsroom: Scoring Ronaldo’s return to Man Utd
Shareholders cheered the prolific Portuguese striker’s surprise decision to rejoin his former club in England. His three-year stint at Juventus, though, was hardly a clear financial victory. Plus: An ...
2 Sep 202115min
Viewsroom: China’s push for common prosperity
Markets have been hit by a series of crackdowns in private tutoring, data security and more. Underlying this is Beijing’s effort to limit rich excesses and boost middle-class wealth, which could curb ...
26 Aug 202113min
Viewsroom: China’s Afghanistan question
Beijing was able to expand its influence in central Asia while America and its allies held back the Taliban. The Islamic fundamentalists’ return to power presents China with new challenges – and oppor...
19 Aug 202128min
Viewsroom: Battling the climate emergency
A new U.N. report on global warming gives financiers fresh reasons to take bigger steps to help avert or mitigate the consequences, Breakingviews editors argue. A plan by the UK’s Prudential and the A...
12 Aug 202120min
