Andy Mukherjee
Washington Post
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The Year Is Already Toast for Singapore Banks
A record return on equity for DBS masks a dimming outlook for mortgages and deal making. The wealthy are bringing in money, but not taking on leverage. → Read More
India’s Banks Have It All, Except Caution
Lenders are skimping on loss provisions when profitability is still strong. The strategy has backfired in the past. → Read More
SVB Collapse Shows Fickleness of Crypto Money
The world’s second-biggest stablecoin got thrown off its peg because of the demise of a bank relatively unknown outside Silicon Valley. → Read More
India Isn’t Immune to the Stagflation That Felled Its Neighbors
The country has done a better job of withstanding the pressure from more expensive commodities and a stronger dollar. But now it’s slowing down. → Read More
Two Billionaires and a Game of Cricket
Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani have different playbooks. The sport may decide who comes out on top. → Read More
Why India’s Billionaires Banded Together for Adani
With their compatriot in the crosshairs of an American short seller, the nation’s uber-rich came to the last-minute defense of a fellow tycoon. → Read More
Adani Strikes Back. Can He Win the Perception War?
Retail investors don’t have time to digest a 413-page rebuttal to Hindenburg’s allegations before a crucial share sale closes Tuesday. → Read More
Make Money First. Geopolitics Can Wait
US card networks may get to tap small Indian retailers who otherwise can’t afford them. On that hangs a tale of rivals putting profit before parochialism. → Read More
Why Sri Lanka’s Suffering May Not End Soon
Debt restructuring has become an exhausting exercise for troubled nations as bilateral creditors bicker and some investors mount legal challenges. → Read More
Why the Fed Needs to Take the Digital Yuan Seriously
The e-CNY will be more than just a paperless version of cash for China’s local economy. Its use in trade settlement poses a challenge to the dollar. → Read More
Got Change? Why Digital Cash Needs to Feel Real
It won’t be enough for central banks to simply issue electronic versions of fiat money. Users must view the new currencies as close substitutes for paper bills. → Read More
Can Asia’s Richest Man Win India With an App?
Gautam Adani wants to use passengers at his airports to build a super-app. But it’s not the best time for tech ventures, and the competition may already be better positioned. → Read More
Brazil Misses Out on World-Cup Betting. What’s India’s Wager?
The outsourcing hub is attracting both makers and testers of games even though the local gambling market remains largely untapped. → Read More
With Crypto in Retreat, Central Banks Take a Quantum Leap
Monetary authorities are road-testing a new electronic currency that’s fast and anonymous, yet unfriendly to criminals and impervious to hacking by powerful computers. → Read More
Hong Kong Could Turn Covid Zero Into Money
To show its commitment to the restrictive policy, the city should consider paying people to take rapid antigen tests. → Read More
FTX Debacle Poses Challenges for Asia’s Crypto Capital
Singapore has an opportunity to come up with a comprehensive licensing regime after this year’s fiascos. → Read More
FTX’s Sudden Unraveling May Allow DeFi to Grow
The crypto exchange’s founder was throwing his weight behind regulation that would have helped his bourse while undermining decentralized finance. → Read More
Singapore or HK? DBS Offers Clues to Who Is Ahead
Lenders in the two financial centers have the upper hand over their Chinese peers going into 2023. → Read More
China+1 Is a Real Theme in India’s Festive Season
The country’s factory-to-the-world ambitions are being bolstered as China threatens to retreat from the West. → Read More
China+1 Is a Real Theme in India’s Festive Season
The country’s factory-to-the-world ambitions are being bolstered as China threatens to retreat from the West. → Read More