Secrets of success: Seven steps to positive change for your firm Financial AdvisorInsightM&A

Secrets of success: Seven steps to positive change for your firm

Are you a large or small financial adviser? Either way, here are seven steps for…

Huyen NguyenJanuary 13, 2022

Vietnam’s economic performance in 2021-Positive notes BusinessInsight

Vietnam’s economic performance in 2021-Positive notes

In 2020, Vietnam was held up as a model for its ability to curb the…

Huyen NguyenJanuary 10, 2022

Guide to Selling an IFA Business Financial AdvisorM&A

Guide to Selling an IFA Business

We all know that we come under significant stress and anxiety due to death, divorce,…

Huyen NguyenDecember 27, 2021

Guide to selling or buying an IFA practice Financial AdvisorM&A

Guide to selling or buying an IFA practice

Here are eleven ways a vendor (seller) can prepare their business for selling and get…

Huyen NguyenDecember 23, 2021

Tax conundrums in the time of COVID Financial AdvisorInsightLifestyle

Tax conundrums in the time of COVID

It was very heartening indeed to see that at the beginning of August, the Vietnam…

Huyen NguyenDecember 16, 2021

Vietnam – Southeast Asia’s rising star Business ConsultancyInsight

Vietnam – Southeast Asia’s rising star

Foreign investment in Vietnam up slightly in 11 months. Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment…

Huyen NguyenDecember 15, 2021

UK companies pile into the Vietnamese renewable energy Business ConsultancyM&A

UK companies pile into the Vietnamese renewable energy

Brian Spence explains how his old and new homelands are increasingly converging in theinvestment sphere,…

Huyen NguyenDecember 6, 2021

Why patience really is a virtue for serious investors BusinessInsight

Why patience really is a virtue for serious investors

Although I’ve been living in Việt Nam for several years now, it still fascinates me…

Huyen NguyenMay 14, 2021

Vietnam’s economic growth: Back with a vengeance in 2021 BusinessInsight

Vietnam’s economic growth: Back with a vengeance in 2021

Going back home to the UK for the holidays really brought home to me how…

Huyen NguyenMay 9, 2021

What ancient Greece can teach modern day Việt Nam BusinessInsight

What ancient Greece can teach modern day Việt Nam

The warrior Achilles is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology. According to legend,…

Huyen NguyenApril 6, 2021

10 Ways to Get M&A Deals Across the Line Business ConsultancyM&A

10 Ways to Get M&A Deals Across the Line

There has been plenty of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) action in Việt Nam in recent…

trangJuly 30, 2020

Build a Balanced Portfolio in Four Easy Steps Financial Advisor

Build a Balanced Portfolio in Four Easy Steps

Last month, I shared my thoughts on how to prepare for stock market investment. This…

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How Will Trump’s Trade Tariffs Affect Asian Growth? BusinessInsight

How Will Trump’s Trade Tariffs Affect Asian Growth?

Việt Nam is set to play a pivotal role in Southeast Asia’s future economic landscape…

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Tensions, Trade Wars and Knock-on Effects BusinessInsight

Tensions, Trade Wars and Knock-on Effects

The threat of global trade wars may not seem to have much to do with…

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A Tale of Two Cities – An Expat Entrepreneur’s View BusinessInsightLifestyle

A Tale of Two Cities – An Expat Entrepreneur’s View

As regular readers will know, I am a serial entrepreneur who took the plunge to…

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Big Thinking on Việt Nam’s Bilingual Schools BusinessInsight

Big Thinking on Việt Nam’s Bilingual Schools

One of the great tangential tragedies arising from the COVID-19 pandemic is its deleterious impact…

trangJuly 20, 2020

Boom Times Ahead for Tourism BusinessBusiness ConsultancyInsight

Boom Times Ahead for Tourism

Although COVID-19 is sadly still raging in some parts of the world, countries that have…

trangJuly 20, 2020

Buyer (and Seller) Beware BusinessBusiness ConsultancyM&A

Buyer (and Seller) Beware

Amid all the gloom, it is worth remembering that the only constant in life is…

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Coronavirus and Casinos: Why both East and West Can Learn a lot from Each Other BusinessInsight

Coronavirus and Casinos: Why both East and West Can Learn a lot from Each Other

Brian Spence, Managing Partner at S&P Investments, highlights why his adopted country and his original…

trangJuly 20, 2020

UK Investment Set to Power up Việt Nam’s Renewable Energy Programme BusinessInsightM&A

UK Investment Set to Power up Việt Nam’s Renewable Energy Programme

Brian Spence explains how his old and new homelands are increasingly converging in the investment…

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