Anthony Fensom is an experienced business writer and communication consultant with more than a decade's experience in the financial and media industries of Australia and Asia. Having spent four years with Australia's stock exchange, together with six years in Tokyo, Japan as a full-time writer, he has a keen awareness of the Asia-Pacific’s economic and financial issues.

Sara Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at New Paltz, specializing in Chinese economic development, informal finance, and shadow banking.