News and Events at Sciaroni & Associates

July 21, 2010
"Cambodian bourse set for next July 'at any cost'..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

July 19, 2010
"Foreign developers anticipate home run ..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

July 03-04, 2010
"Celebrating years, Cambodia's Relationship with US ..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

June 30, 2010
"For investors, Cambodia is a 'hard story to sell' ..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The International Herald Tribune by clicking here.

June 18, 2010
"Real estate boost predicted..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

April 29, 2010
"You Foreign? Want a Cando? Not So Fast..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

April 28, 2010
"Executives trade ideas with PM on reform..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

April 23, 2010
"Cambodia Looks To Entice Singaporean Investors..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

April 9, 2010
"Foreign Ownership Law Has a Few Loose Ends..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

April 7, 2010
"Govt to cap foreigners' stakes in properties..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

April 6, 2010
"Registerd businesses increase by 49 percent..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

April 6, 2010
"Nat'l Assembly Passes Foreign Ownership Law..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

March 18, 2010
"Businesses Told To Disregard Border Tension..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

February 26, 2010
"Owners of Capital's FCC in Dispute, Investor Says..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

February 24, 2010
"Tension rises at FCC over public dismissal..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

February 19, 2010
"Jardine's Acleda Stake Purchase Gets NBC Nod..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

February 13, 2010
"Hoping Industry Will Mature, Miners Join Forces..." Read quotes by Billie Slott in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

January 27, 2010
"Tight Loans Squeezed Acleda's Profits in '09..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

January 26, 2010
"Electricity Prices To Rise in Capital, Five Provinces..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

January 11, 2010
"Business Registrations Down 27 Percent in '09..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

December 31, 2009
"Signs Point to City Real Estate Making a Comeback..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

December 19-20, 2009
"Acleda Purchase May Lead To More, Investor Says..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

December 18, 2009
"ACELEDA stake sale points to maturing banking industry..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

December 05, 2009
"Draft Foreign Ownership Law Approved..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

November 27, 2009
"Cambodia warming to idea of foreign ownership..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The International Herald Tribune by clicking here.

October 06, 2009
"Vietnam Investment Pays Dividends for Cambodia..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

October 02, 2009
"Concerns about arbitration centre..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

August 28, 2009
"Gov't Unveils Condominium Ownership Rules..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

August 14, 2009
Read Sciaroni & Associates contribution to Asia Arbitration Guide - August 2009 by clicking here.

August 10, 2009
"Access to Loans in Cambodia Remain Tight..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

July 31, 2009
"Step Forward for Foreign Property Ownership .." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

July 24, 2009
"Concerns Raised Over Possible Shop House Slums .." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

July 01, 2009
"Unesco Declines To Entertain Thai Claim on P Vihear.." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

Jun 10, 2009
"First Finance Joins Banking.." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

Jun 02, 2009
“Near Phnom Penh's Hubbub, a Home Provides Calm and Savings..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The News York Times by clicking here.

May 05, 2009
“The Emergence of Cambodia..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Invest in Cambodia by clicking here.

May 05, 2009
“Investing in property..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Invest in Cambodia by clicking here.

April 29, 2009
“Ministry expects rebound in construction projects..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

April 22, 2009
“Rent Prices Fall by Up To 15%, Analysts..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

April 09, 2009
“Cambodia: Asia's final frontier?... " Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Emerging Private Equity by clicking here.

April 01, 2009
“EIU defends report on risk of social unrest in Cambodia... " Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

March 31, 2009
“International Business Club Cambodia, Open letter to the economist intelligence unit..." Read quotes by Brett Sciaroni in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

March 25, 2009
“Starbucks clone set to open ..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Phonm Penh Post by clicking here.

March 20, 2009
“City Property Values Falling Through the Floor..." Read quotes by Matthew Rendall in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

February 20, 2009
“It's always been known, it's no secret, that they're talking about foriegn ownership..."Read quotes by Matthew Rendall and Bretton G. Sciaroni in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

February 17, 2009
“ Despite the world's financial crises Cambodia 's appeal to investors remains as it did last year..." Read Bretton Sciaroni's quote in the Cambodian Daily by clicking here.

February 16, 2009
“Despite the economic troubles that are evident in more advanced economies, there is still considerable interest in investment in Cambodia.” Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote for the Economist Confrences Business Roundtable by clicking here.

December 24, 2008
"The hard and the soft of title: The Land Law is setup to protect the incoming buyer ... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

December 17, 2008
"Trade Names Largely Safe Here: Experts: You just don't see it in Cambodia ... We've had a lot of investors, and that's never been an issue ... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

November 21, 2008
"His Excellency Bretton is the adviser to the Royal Government of Cambodia thus we can work together for a long time ahead, ... " Read Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen 's quote in the Government-Private Sector Forum by clicking here.

November 17, 2008
"Gold Coast? If Martin Kaye gets his way, the Cambodia-Vietnamese coast will be known as the Indochine Riviera: That was the trigger to all the growth ... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in The Forbes World's Business Leaders by clicking here.

November 07, 2008
"Mining sector under threat: Cambodia's nascent mining industry faces new challenges as commodity prices plummet and the global financial crisis puts the squeeze on capital: Large lawyers are in it for the long term - they expect to put money into a project and wait for years without seeing a profit, ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

October 17, 2008
"Cambodian exchange to open in ' 09: Official: It's the most detailed program we have heard so far; and When we get back to the business, [the stock exchange] will be a good thing ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

September 19, 2008
"Refugees return, feed the economy: Cambodia grew 9.5 percent a year from 2000 to 2007, the fastest pace in Asia after China, ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Washington Times by clicking here.

September 04, 2008
"Openness to trade is transforming Cambodia's capital: Foreigners still cannot buy land, but they can buy leasehold properties-typically a 99-year lease or a 70-year lease with an option to renew for another 70 years. ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in Herald Triburne (The Global Editor Of The New York Time) website by clicking here.

September 01, 2008
"Pol Pot Victims From Killing Fields Plan Resorts by Angkor Wat: Cambodia grew 9.5 percent a year from 2000 to '07, the fastest pace in Asia after China, which expanded 9.9 percent a year. Political stability under the administration of Hun Sen, ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Bloomberg business website by clicking here.

August 21, 2008
"Gov't Mulls New Ownership Rules For Foreigners: Foreign ownership of apartments isn't a new idea, ... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

August 07, 2008
"If Escalated, Standoff Could Hurt Business: We're shouldn't look at who losses more because we are both going to lose ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

July 31, 2008
"Investment Pact Signed by Japan Effective Today: Japanese investment currently plays a very useful role ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

July 31, 2008
"Election outcome 'Best case scenario' for big business" Businessmen like stability and predictability, and ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in THE MEKONG TIMES daily by clicking here.

June 26, 2008
"Business Not Hurt by Ballot Box Worries: Fears of political instability have typically slowed and delayed business in Cambodia in the run-up to national elections, but business leaders say that they are not taking a wait-and-see approach to this year's vote .... Project such as these would never have happened in the previous pre-election periods, ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

June 02, 2008
"Real Estate Boom in Cambodia's Capital: Foreign investors can set up a joint venture with Cambodian partners, use long-term leases, .... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in The BusinessWeek GLOBAL by clicking here.

May, 2008
"The gap between perception and reality: If you went on Google before you came to Cambodia, a cursory look at a lot of the more recent news stories makes the attendance here counter-intuitive. For example .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The invest in Cambodia Magazine by clicking here.

April 24, 2008
"Lawyer Lands Growth, Warns Against Complacency: US lawyer Bretton Sciaroni says he had only intended to stay in Cambodia for two months in 1993, but that turned has into 15 years .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

April 22, 2008
"G-PSF to hold 13th business government forum: The Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF), Cambodia's focal point for business and government dialogue, will hold a bi-annual working group tomorrow focusing on constraints to business and ... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in THE MEKONG TIMES daily by clicking here.

March 30-31, 2008
"Working Group on Law and Tax Addresses the Requests by the Private Sector: Phnom Penh, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the senior minister Keat Chhon, co-chairman of Working Group on Law, Taxation, and Good Governance (Working Group D) .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Raksmey Kampuchear Daily News (Khmer & English Languages) by clicking here.

February 15-17, 2008
"PM rejects foreign land ownership: Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday quashed rumors that the government plans to introduce a law allowing 100 percent ownership of land by foreigners .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in THE MEKONG TIMES daily by clicking here.

February 15, 2008
"Ban on Foreign Ownership of Land To Stay: Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday said there would be no relaxing of the ban on foreigners owning land in Cambodia. Foreigners can co-own land with a Cambodian who has majority ownership or obtain ownership through marriage, but the prime minister said .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

February 13, 2008
"Garments, textiles dominated exports in 2007: Garments and textiles all but eclipsed other export goods in 2007, accounting for 94 percent of all goods sold to other countries, according to the Ministry of Commerce's annual performance report released .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in THE MEKONG TIMES daily by clicking here.

February 11, 2008
"CONCRETE JUNGLE: Not so long ago Chinese visitors jokingly referred to Cambodia as "Qian Bu Zai." This not only sounded like the Chinese name for the country-Jian Bu Zhai-it summed up their assessment: There is no money.". Now investor are .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in FORBES ASIA by clicking here.


January 29, 2008
"The Discussion Between Private Sector & Government on Implementations of Five Law: Phnom Penh, the government officer of the ministry of economy and finance said the working group of private sector, legal division of taxation and governance (Krom Kho) of the government .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Raksmey Kampuchear Daily News (Khmer Language) by clicking here.


January 24, 2008
"Land Price Surge to All-Time High Across Phnom Penh: In 2007, the price of real estate in Phnom Penh increased more than any year in the past decade. Investment from South Korean developers prompted prices in the capital to double and in some cases triple .... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

January 23, 2008
"Major Realty Firm To Open Cambodia Branch: The entry of US real estate consulting firm CB Richard Ellis Co Ltd into the Cambodian market is another sign that the country is looking increasingly attractive for international investors .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.


December 2007
"COMPANY AUDITS: Safety in numbers financial transparency is crucial if Cambodia's proposed bourse is going to open its account in 2009: Public confidence in Cambodia's proposed stock exchange is paramount, which is why the Ministry of Economics and Finance announced earlier this year that about 400 of .... " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in GLOBE by clicking here.


December 2007
"INVESTING: Cambodia made easy business opportunity in a country ranked 68th out of 157 for its economic freedom is easier than it sounds: Cambodia is ranked higher than Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia for economic freedom.... " Read Matthew Rendall 's quote in GLOBE by clicking here.

December 08, 2007
" THE CARDAMOMS-PROTECTED BUT NOT OUT OF REACH: CENTRAL CARDAMOM PROTECTED FOREST - The sleek black beetle was afloat in the shallow pool of a boggy mountain spring, the hind leg of a tree frog tightly gripped by its pincers. ..." Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.


November 08, 2007
" Seize the Day, Prime Minister Tells Investors: Prime Minister Hun Sen made the case for doing business in Cambodia on Tuesday, telling investors that the country's resurgent markets and economy represent rare opportunities. ..." Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.


October 10, 2007
" Open for business Cambodia: Change is in the air in Cambodia. The country's post-1992 dependence on aid money as the main source of foreign funds is being replaced by an increasing amount of foreign investment. But, what is the likelihood of ... ? " Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in AsiaLIFE Phnom Penh by clicking here.

October, 2007
Investment: Cambodia 1 - Thailand 0: "Thailand's insular new laws on foreign investment offer Cambodia the opportunity to be the best alternative" Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in GLOBE by clicking here.

September 17, 2007
"CAMBODIA: Government's stock market plans under fire" Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's quote in ABC Radio Australia please see on the website by clicking here.

September 05, 2007
"Gov't To Study Foreigners' Property Rights" Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

September 04, 2007
"Cambodia Urged To Allow Foreign Ownership Of Buildings" Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The  Dow Jones International News; and " Cambodia seeks investors for new markets in drive for economic expansion"  in The Agency France Press (AFP) by clicking here.

August 09, 2007
"Business Investment in Cambodia: Climate Changed Cambodia is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative foreign funds" Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The GLOBE Cambodia English Magazine by clicking here.

August 08, 2007
"Hundreds of Enterprises To Undergo Audit" Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

July 27, 2007
"The Brief Chamber Scene: British Chamber of Commerce Thailand Special Luncheon On Cambodia Thursday 1st March, 2007 (Invest in Cambodia) " Read The panel comprised by clicking here.

July 27, 2007
"Cambodia, long an Asian mouse may be ready to roar"
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The International Herald Tribune Business by clicking here.

July 27, 2007
"Cambodia Investment Law"
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Rasmei Kampuchea (Khmer Language) by clicking here.

July 04, 2007
"Fast Food Giants Still Holding Off on Cambodia"
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

May 31, 2007
"Private Investment To Fuel Next Phase of Growth"
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

May 18, 2007
"GE to open Phnom Penh office"
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in the Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

May 11, 2007
"It’s a big problem, not just for beer, but for anyone trying to produce locally"
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

May 9, 2007
“Decentralization needs to happen faster and address the needs of the local people more accurately”
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

May 4, 2007
“People in Cambodia think intellectual property theft isn’t a real crime”
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Phnom Penh Post by clicking here.

December 29, 2006
“I think it does raise the level of the business environment in Cambodia”
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

November 15, 2006
“I do not see why [growth] would not be sustainable”
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

October 16, 2006
“There are a lot of companies that have had problems in the past and learned from those experiences”
Read Bretton G. Sciaroni's comments in The Cambodia Daily by clicking here.

June 02, 2006
"No matter the price, some large international developers consider Siem Reap worth it, as they expect development to continue" Bretton G. Sciaroni comments in The Cambodia Daily. Read more comments by Bretton Sciaroni by clicking here.

March 29, 2006
"As far as I can tell, they're in the planning stages [and] it's going to take some capital to get these up and running." Read more about the Economic Zones by clicking here.

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