If you were ever a fan of Sci Fi like I was and remember the Star Trek IV move directed by Leonard Nimoy back in the 80s, the story was profound. It opened with a giant probe threatening earth by disabling its global power grid and blanketing it with cloud cover casing darkness and catastrophic [&he...

Recently, I met with one of my private equity and family office clients in Hong Kong. We were discussing among others investment into the property Thai commercial property market. The discussion was about the GFC of 2008, and how they saw the impact on global economies in a way not like the great re...

William James, the renown philosopher and the father of psychology once said” the greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude”. All things being equal, the quote implies how the way you think, your beliefs and perceptions determines you feelin...

The US high yield debt market is larger and riskier than it was before the last financial crisis. The same characteristics of increasing leverage ratios and a high proportion of covenant weak debt, also apply to European, Asian and Australia high yield debt where starting interest coverage ratios ar...