Wealth and Asset Management

Wealth platform Wrise expands in Hong Kong as more family offices set up shop

Single family offices reach 1,650 as wealth management sector booms

Singapore Adds Hundreds of Family Offices in 2024

Citigroup to Hire Talent in Hong Kong in Wealth Push

Personalised investment behind growth of Thai private wealth

Singapore’s wealth management sector growing, as single family offices balloon to 1,650

Executive Moves

Natixis CIB Appoints Saburo Koyama as Head of Aviation Finance, Japan

LGT Wealth India hires five senior RMs from Centrum and Avendus

GAM Investments loses local lead

MUFG appoints Regional Head for Middle East

Aviva’s Former Asia Chief Joins Sun Life

Goldman Sachs Appoints Singapore CEO

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

APRA releases response to consultation on enhancements to superannuation data collections

Major retail banks to introduce Singpass Face Verification, further strengthening resilience against phishing scams

Cooley Named Rising Law Firm of the Year in Hong Kong

Appleby's David Bulley discusses Asia expansion with China Business Law Journal

From boardroom to breakroom – Embedding data privacy into company culture in Singapore

ASIC expands operational resilience guidance for market participants

FinTech

OCBC to Establish New Innovation Lab

DBS Expands Crypto Offering

Paul Hodes on Privé Technologies’ FinTech Solutions for the Future World of Wealth Management

Arta Finance gets EDBI investment to expand international wealth footprint

Phishing emails related to ZA Bank Limited

Synpulse Supports Judo Bank in Achieving Rapid Go-Live on New Core Banking Platform

Alternative Investments

Top 25 ASEAN selectors: Malaysia's liquid alts strategies pick up

Investment boutique calls time after seven years

Global Finance Names The Best SME Banks 2025

DBS posts 300% growth in semi-liquid fund sales in Greater China

Arrowpoint Investment Partners Expands Operations in Hong Kong

BlackRock to Close Two Impact Funds and Future Consumer Fund

Tax

Deloitte and RFO: SFOs Lack NextGen Confidence

New Zealand to enforce OECD tax reporting frameworks by 2026

New CFC Taxation Ruling That Impacts Offshore Trustees – A Backdoor to CRS?

6 family office funds tied to Singapore launder case got tax breaks

Thailand mulls shorter holding period for tax-deductible equity mutual funds, report says

Foreign Investment Funds tax regime creating a financial barrier?

Comment, Analysis & Research

Centi-Millionaire Boom: America and China Dominate the Super Rich Club

Global Family Office 2024 Survey Insights

The first cut is the steepest: the Fed, market expectations and the dollar

Hindenburg Claims Adani Funds Frozen in Swiss Banks

EIU: Singapore Will Mop Up Hong Kong’s Losses

Opportunities for S’pore as family offices look to hire outside talent amid wealth transfer to heirs

Retail Banking

Customers to benefit from NAB collaboration with AWS

ZA Bank: First Hong Kong Virtual Lender to Declare Profit

CBA mandates Gresham to sell ultra-high-net-worth advice business

BNZ implements Open Banking standards ahead of deadline

HDFC Bank taps retail bankers as wealth managers amid talent crunch

Bank Credit Growth Hit By Subdued Corporate Demand, Says Citi Research's Kunal Shah

Investment Bank

Deutsche Bank launches BASF’s first sustainability-linked payables finance program in Asia

Japan's Nomura triples profit in Q1 as end of deflation spurs wealth management

Citi to boost investment banking headcount in India betting on deals surge

Hong Kong banks ramped up hiring but investment bankers laid off

Natixis CIB Forms Alliance With Korean Bank

UBS Offloads Partial Stake in China Securities Unit

Planet SOS

DBS continues to break new ground in China as first Southeast Asian bank to leverage PBOC’s Carbon Emission Reduction Facility for issuance of green loan

Court finds Active Super made misleading ESG claims in a greenwashing action brought by ASIC

What could India’s election result mean for renewable energy?

Survey shows waning interest in ESG funds

Hong Kong group launches consultations on ESG code of conduct

Record cocoa prices and the unfair chocolate value chain – meet the entrepreneurs working to change things