Outperforming even in uncertainty

By Bayani S Cruz

Investors increasingly worried about inflation and market volatility are looking at alternative real assets

Damien Hirst's masterpiece sold for record US$2.2 million at Seoul Auction

By Bayani S Cruz

British artist Damien Hirst sells work from his Butterfly Series for a record HKD17.2 million (US$2.2 million) in a Hong Kong auction on October 7 2009

Brimming, buzzing, beguiling Beijing

By Rodney Diola

Foued El Mabrouk was a bright-eyed twenty-year old student from Tunisia when he arrived in Beijing nearly 27 years ago. Now he is the general manager of the city’s grandest hotel, the Beijing Grand Hyatt, which sits in one the swankiest addresses in the city just besides the Oriental Plaza...

Unconvinced by dismal science

By Hugh Young

Recently I was passed an article written in 1991 by the late Isaac Asimov about economics. Asimov, a polymath best known for his science fiction writing, simply could not understand “the dismal science” and I must admit neither can I. “People may say they understand it and economists even...

Myanmar contemporary art makes waves

By Cho Kyi

Local art from Myanmar has come a long way and is being sought after by savvy collectors from the region and from the West. The finest artists' works are, however, still affordable in the regional context, unlike the stratospheric price increases in other regional markets. In the absence of a...

French wines in Asia: collectors’ perspectives I

By Jeannie Cho Lee

The first generation of wine collectors in Asia emerged in the relatively recent 1970s. It was French wine that had enticed this generation, and several decades later, it still draws serious wine lovers and collectors in Asia. In a three part essay, Jeannie Cho Lee profiles three serious Asian...