28 May, 2020
Hosted by the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment featuring speakers from Berkeley Research Group
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, mainstream coverage has tended to focus on countries which faced earlier outbreaks: China; South Korea and Japan; and Western countries straining from huge spikes of cases, such as the US, Italy and Spain. Countries in Southeast Asia, meanwhile, are uniquely placed to potentially benefit from a realignment of supply chains and trading preferences, a shift that has been occurring in recent years but has been hastened by the growing Western perception of China’s culpability for causing this pandemic and the resultant economic fallout.This on-demand webinar is available to stream until the 10th of June, accesible via:
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Part 1. Recovery & Ahead of the Curve in Southeast Asia – 20 minutesPresented by Jeremy Tan, Director |
While Southeast Asia will feel the impact from COVID-19 as much as the rest of the world, it could still stand to capitalise from a rush of new investment in the aftermath of the pandemic. Optimistic observers predict that Southeast Asian economies could be among the first to experience the beginning of a V-shaped recovery next year. With this in mind, investors eager to enter the region would do well to consider whether their due diligence programs are fit for purpose now to avoid a costly misstep down the road.
– What are the wider global dynamics and prevailing trends for Asian/Southeast economies
– How has COVID-19 exacerbated or hastened prevailing trends and baseline growth predictions
– Will Japan’s recovery plan strategic shift supply chain out of China and kickstart automation, digitization and AI to cope with its human resource crunch.
– What are the high growth investment countries in the region for Japan and why they are attractive as “green shoots” in the recovery: Vietnam; Indonesia; Myanmar
– The importance of due diligence in these countries in view of their various eco-systems and how necessary information is constrained, censored, and regulated. |
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Jeremy Tan, jtan@thinkbrg.com
Jeremy is a director of BRG’s Global Investigations + Strategic intelligence practice based in Singapore. He has a decade of experience in Southeast Asia advising private companies, law firms, and governments; having supervised and led the execution of hundreds of investigative and intelligence gathering assignments in a multitude of sectors including in-depth reputational due diligence, asset tracing, political risk analysis, and threat assessments. |
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Part 2. A comparative view of Government Responses in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines – 30 minutesPresented by Aby Wijaya, Senior Associate |
Government responses to the pandemic in Southeast Asia have differed greatly. Some governments responded early, while others initially tried to ignore the outbreak. We look at the government responses in Singapore and Vietnam, two countries that fall into the first group, as well as in Indonesia and the Philippines, two that fall into the latter group.
– A comparative analysis of the different SEA countries’ response and containment strategies, stimulus packages and which governments appear to be making things more difficult for foreign companies
– Which countries offer the best balance of cost and efficiency, but also offer the best resilience in the post COVID world
– Is Vietnam the standalone exception in SEA? Most Asian economies that appear to have contained the pandemic, such as S. Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore are considered rich and centralized technocratically. |
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Aby Wijaya, rwijaya@thinkbrg.com
Aby Wijaya is a senior associate in BRG’s Global Investigations + Strategic Intelligence practice based in Tokyo where he has resided for the last twelve years. With a specialism in southeast Asia, Aby conducts a broad range of business intelligence, investigative due diligence, asset searching, fraud and corporate investigations, and other risk-analysis activities across the Asia–Pacific region. |
For further information, please contact:
Jeremy Tan, director, Berkeley Research Group
jtan@thinkbrg.com