Wealth and Asset Management

Super-rich Koreans establish family offices in Hong Kong for tax advantages

Endowus launches Fixed-Rate Savings in Hong Kong, offering clients access to preferential time deposit rates with leading global banks

Axis Bank’s Burgundy Private and Hurun India release the fourth edition of the ‘500 Most Valuable Non-State Run Companies in India’

UOB’s FY24 net profit rose 6% to record S$6.0 billion

Ark WM identifies a shift in China wealth management strategies

Private banks tell clients to buy the dip on AI stocks

Executive Moves

DBS Appoints New Leaders Amid Senior Management Changes

DBS appoints internal talent to leadership positions

Goldman Sachs AM's Apac head of client solutions group resigns

Sun Life Appoints Asia HR Chief

Aon appoints Jennifer Richards as CEO of Asia Pacific

Hubbis Welcomes Garett Lim as Head of Partnerships and Singapore Office Lead

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Ex-DBS Employee Admits to Cheating Clients

APRA proposes updated approach to treatment of HELP debts

Former Melbourne financial planner Bradley Grimm’s appeal dismissed

All eyes on the RBA’s most anticipated decision in over a year

MAS and ABS to Establish New Payments Entity to Position National Payment Schemes for Next Stage of Growth

Equities Market Review Group submits tax proposals to the Government as part of first set of measures to strengthen Singapore’s equities market

FinTech

Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands and HKT establish joint venture to issue HKD-backed stablecoin

How Can Banks Maintain Growth Momentum in the AI Everywhere Era?

Hong Kong Accepts Crypto Assets as Proof of Wealth for CIES

SIX Bolsters Asian Market Data Access with ThaiQuest Partnership

Scam alert: ASIC warns consumers about investment bond scam impersonating Bunnings

NAB and Amazon launch PayTo payment for Amazon.com.au customers

Alternative Investments

Insignia Financial 2025 Half-Year Results

New Manulife and Deloitte Report: Over Two-Thirds of High-Net-Worth Individuals in Greater China Consider Insurance Essential for Legacy and Succession Planning

Perpetual secures revised offer from KKR for wealth and corporate trust units

Indonesia to launch sovereign wealth fund with over US$900 billion in assets

Indonesia to launch new sovereign wealth fund with over US$900b in assets

Prudential considers listing India's ICICI Prudential Asset Management

Tax

Seizing the reinvention potential: PwC launches new immersive business technology experience

New global minimum tax rules set to start in Hong Kong in 2025

Tax and business insights from Hong Kong’s latest Policy Address

A review of the tax regimes in Singapore and Hong Kong

China is now enforcing offshore income tax. Should private bankers be worried?

Ultra wealthy to feel tax crunch on overseas gains

Comment, Analysis & Research

Strengthening Singapore’s position as a hub for family offices

Young Affluent Families in Hong Kong Set Savings Targets but Lack Clear Financial Plans

Gen Z and millennial retail investors fall behind their older counterparts in building nest egg for their later years, DBS study finds

Singapore Banks Grapple With Client Exodus Amid Record High KYC Failures

Ares eyes Japan, Canada and LatAm growth as it edges closer to $100bn wealth target

The Family Office Insights Series – Asia Pacific Edition

Retail Banking

HSBC reports $2bn outflow from Asia in fourth quarter

Private Vietnamese lender DongA Bank renamed Vikki Bank

Citi wins commercial card mandate for Australia's NSW govt

Korea's 4 major banks to close more offline branches by March

ANZ Institutional: Best Bank in Asia for relationships eight years in a row

HSBC's global brand in the balance as it doubles down on Asia bet

Investment Bank

Nomura to Issue 100th Anniversary Commemorative Dividend

Deutsche Bank partners with Yonyou to support Chinese enterprises going global

Japanese banks post efficiency gains as interest rate hikes boost profits

Barclays Bank PLC and the Barclays Private Bank relocate to Raheja Altimus, Worli in Mumbai

Deutsche Bank invests in India growth strategy with EUR 571m capital increase

Morgan Stanley Approved for China Futures Unit

Planet SOS

DBS Hong Kong and MTR Corporation sign a maiden HKD 1 billion sustainability-linked loan

Policy and investment need to prioritise renewable energy

Trump’s climate policy and its impact on investments

Mirova Commits USD10 million to Global Commercial & Industrial Solar Leader ecoligo to Fuel Its Growth in Vietnam

Bank DBS Indonesia introduces first ever Sustainability-Linked Trade Finance Facility for PT. Indo-Rama Synthetics Tbk | Bahasa

Australia and Singapore Collaborate to Support Sustainable Infrastructure and Decarbonisation in Southeast Asia