The Banker

Lenders must ensure employees can adapt to technology in a ‘comfortable’ way, Lee Zhu Kuang says

As HSBC Asset Management’s CEO for South-east Asia and Singapore, he ensures the bank’s teams gel and tracks changes in clients’ needs

The bank is investing in talent and expanding research partnerships with universities

She says SMEs need to future-proof and transform themselves, and rethink making their supply chains more regional in nature

‘The key difference is that during the Covid-19 pandemic, there were a lot of demands for funding, bolstering of balance sheets, and drawdown of loans,’ Tan says

Relying on day-to-day developments is a flawed approach, says the lender’s head of global private banking in South Asia

Commodities have become more strategic than ever, says UOB’s group head of structured trade and commodity finance

Industry players are increasingly concerned about storage and grid capacities, says the lender’s head of energy, renewables and infrastructure

She says that one of her main focuses at work is to build a workforce that is skilled, adaptable and mentally resilient to changes