This document contains a collection of snippets from various sources about trends in Asia between September 2015 and August 2014. It discusses topics like the growing number of entrepreneurial hotspots and internet users in Asia, infrastructure investment needs, strategies for companies in Southeast Asia, the gaming industry and women in business in China. Singapore is highlighted as a major hub for operations in ASEAN and for its support of a new capital city development in India. Mobile phone and internet usage statistics are also presented for several Asian countries.

1. September 2015
Source
BNP Paribas http://goo.gl/aeb6rd
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
4 out of 6 entrepreneurial
hotspots are in Asia

2. September 2015
Source
http://www.dbs.com/insights/index.html
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com

3. September 2015
Source
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/asia-pacific
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Up from 81 million
households today.
$7 trillion in investment
needed for infrastructure,
housing, and commercial space

4. September 2015
Source
http://www.economistinsights.com/business-strategy/analysis/redrawing-asean-map
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Redrawing the ASEAN map
How companies are crafting new strategies
in South-east Asia
ASEAN is the Association of
South East Asian Nations
(about 626m people)

5. September 2015
Source
https://www.techinasia.com/infographic-numbers-indonesia-2014
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Indonesian Archipelago
18,306 Islands
August 2014
71.2 million internet users
(28% penetration)

6. September 2015
Source
https://www.techinasia.com/infographic-numbers-indonesia-2014
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Indonesian Archipelago
18,306 Islands
August 2014
71.2 million internet users
(28% penetration)

7. September 2015
Source
https://www.techinasia.com/
asia-dominates-gaming-ipos-set-earn-45b-annual-revenue-2018-report/
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
2014 saw a record US$24 billion worth of video
game company exits worldwide in 2014.
Asia accounted for over half the games IPOs in
2004.
Asia is the number one games
market in terms of revenue

8. September 2015
Source
http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/
the-number-of-chinese-women-in-top-corporate-jobs-is-exploding
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
The number of Chinese women in senior
management positions has recently doubled,
with 51% of those jobs held by females, making
China a standout in Asia.
Half of the world’s self-made
female billionaires are Chinese

9. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Some 550 publicly-traded companies, or about
21%, have women on their boards.
China has two of only four
companies in the world with
all-female boards.
Source
http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/
the-number-of-chinese-women-in-top-corporate-jobs-is-exploding

10. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Rising Economic Power
Earnings
8%
of woman are
solo breadwiners
Mainland 8%
China
Japan 2%
83%
of urban adult women contribute
to household income
Mainland 8%
China
41%
are joint breadwiners
Mainland 8%
China
Japan 2%
19%
say partner is main
breadwinner but they
have income
Mainland 8%
China
Japan 2%
Japan 2%
Source
www.economistinsights.com/marketing-consumer/
analysis/rise-and-online/multimedia

11. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Any lingering steryotype of
the selfless Asian woman
putting her family first is fast
disappearing
Women in China
Rising Independence
62%
of woman say that when
they shop online, most of the
time they are buying for
themselves
Mainland 74%
China
Japan 47%
64%
of woman say they trust and
are loyal to online retailers who
understand their individual
profile and tailer offerings to them
Source
www.economistinsights.com/marketing-consumer/
analysis/rise-and-online/multimedia

12. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
63%
go online to
browse at least
once per day
Women in China
Source
www.economistinsights.com/marketing-consumer/
analysis/rise-and-online/multimedia
49%
prefer shopping
online
vs
shopping in stores
48%
feel pressured
or stressed when
shopping in
stores,
but not online
63%
shop online
far more than
their partners
48%
say shopping online
is one of their
favourite pastimes
27%
feel shop staff talk
down to them
because they are
women

13. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Venture Capital Funding in China
Smashes Record
In fact all VC funding has
trebled since 2013”
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The amount invested in 2014, shown in billions, was more
than twice the previous record set in 2011
Source
https://www.techinasia.com/
vc-investments-china-skyrocketed-2014-doubling-previous-record
$3.46
$3.99
$5.03
$2.97
$6.70 $7.27
$4.98
$15.53
$4.78
2012 2013 2014

14. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Singapore remains one of the best
places to do business, not just in
ASEAN but the World.
From where do you manage your
ASEAN operations?
Singapore 79.9%
Source
www.economistinsights.com/business-strategy/analysis/redrawing-asean-map
Malaysia 12.2% Thailand 2.9% Location Outside
ASEAN 2.2%
Philippines 1.4% No ASEAN hub 0.7% Vietnam 0.7%

15. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Source
Singapore doesn’t lack ambition.
But it does lack land. Creating
new cities in China and India
makes for a perfect
collaboration.
The go-getting entrepreneurialism of Singapore has led
its government to agree to support the Indian state
Andhra Pradesh in building a new capital city. It will be a
stupendous 7,235 square kilometres, 10 times the size of
Singapore’s own 716 square kilometres. The new city is
expected to cost £10.7bn ($16.5bn).”
http://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/
2015/jan/07/singapore-building-india-city-andhra-pradesh

16. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
The most active countries for successful
female entrepreneurs today
India leading the way in female
entrepreneurs, but according to
Nasscom only 1 in 17 Indian tech
companies are started by woman.
India
Hong Kong
France
Source
BNP Paribas http://goo.gl/aeb6rd
% of female entrepreneurs relative to males in total sample

17. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Forbes counted a record 1,645 billionaires with
a total net worth of US$6.4 trillion, up from
1,426 last year.
And there are 35 million
millionaires around
the world. Give or take…
16 are in Singapore

18. September 2015
#AsiaSnapshot
CallumLaing.com
Singapore and South Korea are truly
Mobile first.
1 billion smartphone users
across Asia by 2015
USA
China
Hong Kong
South Kores
Malaysia
Singapore
Australia
57%
70%
74%
80%
51
% 85%
66%
Smartphone Use