We bet you are not the only nor the first one who gets confused by the “I” (stands for International) following the names of Chinese banks - BOCI, CCBI, ICBCI, ABCI, BOCOMI - and maybe more to come.

No doubt it reflects the ambitions of these Chinese banks to get themselves more visible out of their home market, though some of them are already among the biggest banks in the world by criterias like market cap, assets, profit, etc.

Hong Kong, being China’s offshore financial centre, has been picked up naturally as the base for these bank to drive their growth in oversea. So how they are doing in terms of attracting, hiring and retaining people, the most valuable asset in financial industry?

We have interviewed with a lot of candidates who work or worked with Chinese banks (most of them also have experience working for foreign banks) at both manager and producer levels. They shared their views about the pros and cons of working for a Chinese bank.

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IT Experts Shared Insight at the Cloud Computing Asia 2011

Cloud computing is one of the most dynamic aspects of IT. The potential of cloud computing offering operational benefits to clients is compelling. It offers great benefits for enterprises, resulting in significant savings and operational effectiveness.

These were some of the current issues pertaining to cloud that were discussed at the recent Cloud Computing Asia 2011 Executive Breakfast Forum held at Marina Mandarin on 18th August 2011.

The event was successfully attended by senior level executives from various industries like health and bio science, transport & logistics, educational institutions, banking & finance and manufacturing which has greatly benefited from the conference sessions as well as panel discussions. (Read more)

Our Singapore office will be moved in October

We are pleased to announce that our Singapore office building and restaurant at Boon Tat Street are expected to be in operation early October 2011.