Something about the digital twenty-something year-old generation wanting unlimited amounts of liquidity, unlimited size and unrestricted access to market data just sounds wrong.

Fraud aside, a big part of what led to the downfall of FTX was attributed to a crisis of confidence, much like a bank run in the crypto-currency world.

There is less reason to get into Hong Kong today. The reality that the city now has to bring out the big guns to advertise itself reveals how much its economic environment has deteriorated over the last few years.

Our lack of understanding in how different countries are being governed are rooted in bias, largely based on what we are familiar with and what we are not.

It can be difficult to call a rented place home, especially if you do not have long term visibility of staying in that city. This uncertainty leads to a great deal of inertia when it comes to upgrading your living conditions.

Without connecting the numbers to a story, projecting cash flows simply becomes an emotionless exercise of numbers.

The last couple of weeks have been incredibly exciting for Singapore: SuperReturn Asia, DealStreetAsia's PE/VC event, the Milken Asia Summit, Forbes CEO conference and the F1. Visitors getting into Singapore today are neither required to serve any quarantine nor wear masks in public. Everything feels like it's been reverted back to 2019 - big MICE events, face-to-face meetings, public gatherings, etc. It almost feels surreal. All of this exceitement... but I am not in Singapo

If both sides are motivated to get the deal done, it will be done.

Someone who has been employed for a while is giving you strong evidence of submission.

Keep telling yourself that you are too good or qualified for any job or you should be getting more credit for your work and you'll also find yourself in a lot of trouble when you get older.