21 May International Prospect Research News
A selection of global news stories for international prospect researchers. This week’s round-up covers these places: Brazil, Canada, China, EU, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, South Korea, and the UK.
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Compensation
EU outlines new executive pay plan – ft business – companies – FT.comMichel Barnier has announced plans to give shareholders in Europe’s listed companies a binding vote on pay. Those who invest in banks wil…
Severance Pay Subject to Individual Income Tax in China | China Briefing NewsOfficials from China’s State Administration of Taxation answered questions on several hot issues regarding ambiguities in tax payments, c…
Business and Finance
Global business barometerAmerican business sentiment turns bullishGLOBAL business sentiment remains bearish but has improved since January, according to an Econom…
S. Korean biz failures shift to uptrend in April | YONHAP NEWSSEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) — The number of South Korean business failures shifted to an uptrend in April from a record low a month earlier a…
South-east Asia is top deals targetAsian executives are looking first and foremost to companies in south-east Asia as they contemplate mergers and acquisitions in the next …
Video: Are Canadian boards too clubby?Thomas S. Caldwell, chairman & CEO, Caldwell Securities, looks at the CP proxy battle, the role of activist investors, governance and the…
Brazil: Transparency for bankingBrazil’s new freedom of information law can only be good news for a country still struggling with corruption and inefficient public spend…
Language Barriers in Brazil BusinessBy Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit says that Brazil is amo…
The Chongqing Economy: An Illustrated PrimerThe fall of disgraced former Communist Party high-flier Bo Xilai has put the economy of Chongqing, the southwestern mega-city he ruled fr…
Second largest IPO in Hong Kong coming this week:
Graff Seeks $1 Billion in Hong Kong IPOLondon-based jeweler Graff Diamonds plans to raise $1 billion from a Hong Kong initial public offering that starts Monday, becoming the l…
Real Estate
Real estate sales fall laid to disaster | The Japan Times OnlineFour of the nation’s five major real estate brokers reported sales declines for the past year as the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in…
In the UK…
Top 50 areas with highest proportion of asking price reductionsOur latest property asking price reduction research reveals that, despite some of the recent gloom in the housing market, the number of p…
In Singapore…
$108 million for a bungalow – any takers?Online asking prices of $50m for posh homes not unusual; experts say it may be marketing ploy Published on May 15, 2012 A luxury bungalow…
Chinese Property Giant’s Foreign ‘Tryout’In September 2010, property company China Vanke told The Wall Street Journal that it had no plans to expand abroad. On Monday, it said it…
China Real Estate UnravelsAs a prelude to a broader analysis of China’s GDP, and the accuracy of its official GDP figures, I want to start by examining the nationa…
China property prices extend decline – FT.comHome prices in China continued to fall in April, more than two years after the government began property tightening measures, an indicati…
Wealth List News
World’s richest people lose $33bn in a week – Culture & Society – ArabianBusiness.comThe world’s richest people lost a combined $32.8 billion this week as concerns over a possible Greek exit from the euro area pushed the S…
Art Collecting
What Chinese collectors are really buying – The Art NewspaperWhat Chinese collectors are really buying Buyers are still overwhelmingly focused on domestic art, ranging from archaic bronzes to "wet p…
Mainland Chinese abandon Hong Kong art marketSotheby’s has reported a sharp drop in mainland Chinese participation in its Hong Kong sales just as the auction house opens a new galler…
