Long-form perspectives on impact investing, family capital, early-stage investing and corporate transformation.
Taiwan's economy grew 13.72% in the first half, but growth is concentrated in electronics and ICT. Concentration is happening across markets as well as industries, and education, social welfare, the environment and the humanities lack suitable capital tools rather than attention. Experience abroad shows that patient capital, willing to wait and take early risk, is what fills these gaps, and Taiwan's family businesses, corporates, financial institutions and public funds are well placed to provide it.
What families truly pass on are special assets that markets cannot supply, which is exactly how impact investing defines additionality. This piece answers the three questions families care about most: returns, governance and the next generation, and argues that the cheapest form of catalytic capital is time.
Hong Kong sets direction through research, Singapore lowers costs through incentives, and Japan builds a shared language through a national platform. Competition among Asia's financial centers is shifting from tax rates and thresholds to whose capital can prove what it created.