Asia’s “growth markets” are in the midst of a serious hiccup. Equities trading in the first half of 2012 was down or at best flat in nearly all Asian markets–making the region look a lot like Europe by this measure–as this chart from WFE shows in gruesome detail: Clearly there is a need to take [...]

One might assume that the tragic events in Japan have also devastated the Japanese insurance industry. Not so.

Celent is continually looking for ways to better connect and interact with the financial and technology communities. Continuing in the tradition of Celent’s industry-specific banking and insurance blogs, we are now launching a blog focused on issues in business and technology strategy in the Asian financial services. Welcome to Celent’s new Asia blog. From the [...]