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Water is a commodity that has often been taken for granted, and it is becoming clear that dwindling water supplies, and cycles of flood, drought and water pollution, are becoming a serious threat to economic development, business growth and society. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of Nestlé, the world’s largest food company – whose suppliers, processes and product consumers are all heavily reliant on water – issues a cautionary warning about how global economic growth could be significantly...

As the horrific acts of ISIS continue to dominate the world’s media, global terrorism is understandably top of mind when we consider the risks to the global economy. But what other threats should investors keep in mind when making investment decisions? Having spent three decades at the center of European and global politics, most recently as head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization until the end of September 2014, Anders Fogh Rasmussen – an expert in geopolitics and transatlantic...

This year’s Keynote Economics Panel is set against the backdrop of a global economy showing a remarkable divergence in performance. On the one hand, the US and the UK are enjoying a sturdy improvement in economic conditions, most visible in the labor markets; on the other hand, the circumstances in China, Japan and Europe are far more challenging, with central banks instituting balance sheet expansion programs to curb deflationary pressure amid weak economic conditions. In this mixed...

What does the shift towards mobile internet mean if you’re the world’s biggest PC maker, number 3 x86 server company and number 3 smartphone company? Yuanqing Yang, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo, shares his insights into how technology companies can prosper in the new age of the social mobile internet – where social media, big data and other emerging trends are changing how people and companies buy technology and how tech leaders must interact with their customers....

Brady Dougan opens the 18th Annual Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out our playlist for more videos from the Asian Investment Conference: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEB52471209C7056 Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=creditsuissevideos Visit our website for more information: http://www.credit-suisse.com/aic Connect with us on:...

Long-time Member of the Fed’s Open Market Committee shares his thoughts on Europe’s prospects and the trouble in Greece at the Credit Suisse 18th Annual Asian Investment Conference ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out our playlist for more videos from the Asian Investment Conference: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEB52471209C7056 Subscribe to our channel:...

The Director of the John L. Thornton China Center shares thoughts on China’s economy, its financial reforms, and the seriousness of Xi Jinping’s war on graft at the Credit Suisse 18th Annual Asian Investment Conference. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out our playlist for more videos from the Asian Investment Conference: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEB52471209C7056 Subscribe to our channel:...

A new President, a new Government and a new plan. President Jokowi has set out a new roadmap. The much-needed fuel subsidy reform has been signed, sealed and delivered ahead of schedule, leaving the Government with large ammunitions to spend on necessary development. But with aggressive revenue forecasts to support aggressive spending, what are the chances that a revenue shortfall will stymie his whole plan? How will he succeed in injecting much-needed growth into the economy’s key sectors?...

What are the dynamics impacting energy prices, and particularly oil – now and in the future – and how will key economies and companies in Asia Pacific benefit, or suffer, as a consequence? Our panellists will focus on the fundamental trends shaping the global energy markets, and what this means for how energy and economic policies will evolve. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out our playlist for more videos from the Asian...

José Manuel Barroso, who for a decade until the end of October 2014 headed the EU executive, successfully shepherding the continent through some of its darkest hours including the near break-up of the Eurozone, will reflect on the future of Europe as policymakers struggle to come up with solutions to counter slow economic growth. With fears that a deflationary drag will continue to afflict the Eurozone’s flailing economies, amid a shortfall of sufficient structural reforms, and an austerity...