"millennials"

Aviv Russ feels like the cards have been stacked against his generation -- and he's not wrong.

It began with the sale of the family farm. That's what David Roswell remembers as the moment when he first began to see himself in opposition to his family's capitalist legacy.

Today's young adults are starting their lives on drastically different financial footing than their parents did decades ago. Necessities cost far more and wages have flattened; as a result, many young families have to dig through mountains of debt before they can even think about growing their wealth.

Amid a growing backlash against globalisation, fund managers argue that the wise stance is to brace for economic fragmentation, but an International Money Fund executive has risen to the defence of globalisation.

The ratio of household debt to GDP has risen by 78.8 per cent meaning that Thai citizens have combined debts of Bt13 trillion debts, the second-highest in Asia, according to a recent seminar on the subject of household debt and homeownership organized by the Real Estate Information Centre of Government Housing Bank (GHB).

SAMSUNG has introduced to the market Galaxy S10, a premium smartphone designed for the millennials. The firm expects to launch more than 10 new models in the Thai market this year.

DDproperty, a Thai property portal, says demand for accommodation from millennials will continue to grow significantly.

Seeing millennials in such dire straits, today’s adults might yet be able to turn around worrying trends

Nicknamed ‘Buddhist Youth’, these youth prefer to go with the flow

THE COMFORTS and technologies of today can indeed engender a sense of entitlement and laziness. But at the same time, they can also create new forms of responsibility.

CAPITALAND’S wholly owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott, is investing S$170.3 million, through its serviced residence global fund with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), in the serviced residence component of the Funan integrated development.