Wealth and Asset Management

Hong Kong teams with Bloomberg to promote city as global hub for family offices

BOS sees rising ‘non-dom’ flows from UK to Singapore

BOS Closes Luxembourg Office, Rejigs Europe Strategy

China’s ultra wealthy are fleeing and taking $1 trillion with them

Family offices to boost Forest City, grow wealth management

The high net worth insurance market in APAC

Executive Moves

BNP Paribas WM Nets Former CS Managing Director

Bank of Singapore Expands Operations Team

Iress rejigs leadership team

Knight Frank Appoints Asia Pacific CEO

Son of Malaysia’s Richest Joins DBS Hong Kong’s Board

Amundi Adds Investment Strategist in Hong Kong

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

ASIC bans financial adviser John Hazell for two years

Federal Court appoints liquidators to Global Capital Property Fund

Withers: Prenups Are Now Commonplace in Asia

Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Qatar Central Bank strengthen financial cooperation

ASIC publishes updated regulatory guidance for registered liquidators

APRA revokes International Bank of Australia’s restricted banking licence

FinTech

Matrixport Expands Footprint in Europe with Acquisition of Swiss-based Crypto Finance Asset Management

Siam Commercial Bank teams up with Databricks for data, AI transformation

Crossing Border Investments: New Regulations and Wealthtech Opportunities in ASEAN

How AI could entrench the big four banks' dominance in Australia

Trinidad and Tobago to roll out India's UPI payments tech

Temenos Signs Multi-Country Model Bank Development Agreement with Bahwan CyberTek

Alternative Investments

The Disappearing China Entrepreneur

abrdn Expands Real Estate Business in Japan

Gatekeepers: Standard Chartered turns to alts to give India access

Apac HNW insurance demand tipped for double-digit growth

FTSE tumbles as China disappoints and Vistry announces profit warning

Dunhill Family Office Network to set up in Hong Kong, a boon to city's wealth hub status

Tax

ANZ Bank CEO’s Shameless Self Interest: This Is Why People Hate Bankers

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

Comment, Analysis & Research

Bernard Arnault loses $13 billion in a single day as China’s uncertain recovery undermines billionaire’s wealth

New Japanese PM's surprise dovishness flags upcoming uncertainties

PwC urges Hong Kong to adopt three-pronged approach for financial resilience

Thai Group Acquires Swiss Luxury Retail Chain

Beware the bandwagons in the wake of the BoJ

Citibank to shut last ‘transactional’ branch in S’pore next month as it eyes wealthy customers

Retail Banking

Bank of Japan's Regional Report Signals Nationwide Economic Recovery

SBI plans to recruit around 10,000 new employees during FY25 for efficiency

HSBC Premier Enhanced to Focus on Key Needs of Mass Affluent Customers' Lives, Across Wealth, Health, Travel and International

ASIC issues DDO stop order against Northern Territory business over concerns of financial harm to First Nations consumers

Customers to benefit from NAB collaboration with AWS

ZA Bank: First Hong Kong Virtual Lender to Declare Profit

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