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Trust in Japan

by David Brain on Feb 07, 2012 with Comments Off

    My colleagues Ross Rowbury and Alan Vandermolen launched the Trust Barometer findings for Japan in Tokyo today. It is difficult to know quite where to begin when discussing the Trust Barometer results for Japan this year.  Japan was always one of our more stable trust markets, but this year in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and the Fukashima fallout, trust has plummeted.  Some headlines: Trust in Government has halved and is down 25%, probably not surprising given the anemic (at best) communication and rebuild efforts in the wake of the disasters Trust  in NGOs is down from 51% to 30%, possibly driven by anger at their perceived inefficiency in getting ...

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Trust in Asia Pacific

by David Brain on Jan 23, 2012 with Comments Off
Today we released the findings of the twelfth annual Edelman Trust Barometer, the global findings of which were covered in the FT. There is no such country as Asia Pacific....and so whilst there are some very interesting regional and global trends in the data from this year's Edelman Trust Barometer, the real stories and the 'actionable insight' to borrow an over-used phrase is in the national data.
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Sino-Forest: Guest post from Charles Lankester

by David Brain on Jun 30, 2011 with No Comments
The free-fall of China’s Sino-Forest (TRE: CO) share price this month provides valuable insight for any corporation which has, or is considering, listing on an international Exchange. While the Sino-Forest case is still evolving, here are the facts. In just a few days, close to US$5 billion of value was wiped from Sino-Forest Corporation, the Toronto-listed Chinese forestry enterprise. The share price plummeted from C$18.21 (1 June, 2011) to just C$2.60 (29 June, 2011), a fall of more than 85%.
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