Flexible funding essential for sustainability projects in 2024

Forbes says sustainability will be one of the major business trends of 2024 and Acuity is already well positioned to be a major funding arranger – ahead of global trends and with excellent risk management – to finance the world’s largest sustainability projects. By Jacquelene Pearson Forbes has identified sustainability as one of its Top … Read more

Acuity funds ‘spiritual’ real estate

Acuity Funding continues to make the national news in Vietnam, this time in relation to its willingness to finance ‘niche’ investment opportunities in cemeteries. A five square metre grave site in some areas of Vietnam has the same price as an apartment and customers can also buy a grave area in installments, according to a … Read more

Acuity Funding featured in Vietnam Investment Review

Acuity Funding Director Ranjit Thambyrajah featured in the Vietnam Investment Review

Acuity Funding has made headlines in Vietnam with an article by Director, Ranjit Thambyrajah, featuring in the Vietnam Investment Review. By Jacquelene Pearson* Mr Thambyrajah was invited to contribute a paper to the Vietnam Investment Review, about cross-border investment between Australia and Vietnam, to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomacy between the two nations. He … Read more

Blockchain stability means crypto has a future

This time last year the sky was the limit for doing business in the Metaverse and generating wealth from cryptocurrency trading – since then several colourful crypto-collapses have given the block-chain a bad name, leaving many asking if there is a legitimate role for cryptocurrencies in finance. By Jacquelene Pearson* The crypto currency marketplace is … Read more

Global funding outlook for 2023

Global funding outlook for 2023

We’ve all had time to settle back into our busy lives following the festivities of Christmas and Lunar New Year, and to digest the latest round of economic and investment forecasts, so what is the remainder of the 2023 calendar year going to look like for those seeking funding for major projects? By Jacquelene Pearson* … Read more

How to benefit from the strength of China and South East Asia this year

Investing in China and ASEAN countries

A common economic viewpoint seems to be that western economies will struggle as the ‘cost of living crisis’ continues to bite this year but China and the ASEAN-six will be the leading marketplaces for investment and economic expansion. By Jacquelene Pearson As more than 2 billion people recently celebrated the Luna New Year, some of … Read more

Recession risks and rewards

Recessions can be rewarding times if you have the correct strategy

Pessimism abounds that the global economy will slip into recession but that doesn’t mean you need to delay projects or run and hide. By Ranjit Thambyrajah The biggest and best opportunities can arise during a recession if you have the right strategy. In the 1980s it was called being counter-cyclical. I’ve always called it making … Read more

Acuity Funding opens new International Desk

Acuity Funding has entered a new chapter in its journey as a global funding organisation with the announcement it has opened a new, Internal Global Desk. “As a member of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), Acuity is now perfectly positioned to deliver major funding across borders for new and existing clients ‘faster, … Read more