According to statistics from the World Federation of Exchanges, equity finance in the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 46 percent of the world total last year. During the same period, half of all global initial public offerings took place in the Asia-Pacific region.
This morning I would also like to introduce and launch a new recipe book that was compiled by a local chef – Mr Simione Toanikeve, whom the Reserve Bank sponsored in 2010 for training in Malaysia. This scholarship came about through the support of the Intercontinental Hotel Group here in Fiji and the Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia.