12/04/2019
Philanthropic Giving Among UHNW Individuals Exceeds $150 billion
New Wealth-X Report Reveals Global Insights and Trends Among Major Donors
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/04/2019
State Street Global Advisors Global Market Outlook 2020 – “The Only Way Out Is Through”
“Despite current headwinds, over the longer term, value may be realized in EM equities, although investors may require a bit of patience”
12/04/2019
IQ-EQ talks impact investing with LeapFrog’s Clare Murray
Having started out her career at Goldman Sachs in New York, Clare was first introduced to the concept of responsible investing after moving to BlackRock in 2012, where she worked closely with family offices, family foundations and endowments.
12/04/2019
Financial services firms continue to outsource mid-to-back-office operations to remain competitive
With or without AI, outsourcing can provide significant benefits.
12/04/2019
Japan’s wealth managers face a problem for the ages
In Japanese wealth management, customers are mostly retired people who have received pensions
12/03/2019
Trident Trust Singapore: Expanding its Three Core Businesses Across Asia
Trident is also aiming to boost its corporate services activities and is working with a number of global partners who are looking to benefit from Singapore’s business friendly environment.
12/03/2019
How Can Brexit Affect Vietnam? Let Us Count the Ways
Britain has been looking for new trade agreements to join if it is no longer in the EU bloc, and that includes joining a major agreement already signed by Vietnam.
12/03/2019
'Easing US-China trade deal and subdued demand may put pressure on Gold'
Moderate global demand is the other reason to hit gold prices down. The latest data show that demand from China and India, the largest consumers of gold, sharply declined in recent months.
12/03/2019
Big business still has faith in Hong Kong
Despite the anti-government protests, Sun Hung Kai Properties has paid a record HK$42.23 billion for a plot of land and tech giant Alibaba, with a market capitalisation of HK$4 trillion, has listed on the local stock exchange
12/03/2019
Morgan Stanley boosts price targets for Alibaba, Baidu and e-commerce upstarts as bank says China internet sector ‘attractive’
The 26 companies under Morgan Stanley’s sector coverage, including leading players Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent Holdings, are seen generating 24 per cent more profits to 376 billion yuan on the back of 24 per cent jump in sales to 2.6 trillion yuan.
12/02/2019
Drifting to the Left
The new SPD leadership are only pressing for changes that might be more broadly welcomed across Europe.
12/01/2019
Growing wealth through long-term, passive investments
Digital wealth manager CEO Dhruv Arora does not believe in actively trading to time the market
12/01/2019
NAB's new CEO Ross McEwan urged to get on top of bank's AUSTRAC risks
Institutional investors believe Mr McEwan must examine the risks the bank faces from AUSTRAC, given it has been telling the market since late 2017 that it has been dealing with compliance "issues" in this area.
12/01/2019
Istanbul Finance Center to be role model: CEO of Malaysia's Labuan International Business and Financial Center
Upcoming project to be successful as it sits in middle of Asia, Europe and Middle East, says Farah Jaafar-Crossby
12/01/2019
Asia leads global luxury growth: study
Chinese shoppers accounted for 90% of the constant growth of the market in 2019, and now account for 35% of the value of luxury goods sold
11/29/2019
RBNZ to Adopt More Intensive Supervisory Approach to Banking
The report also said the RBNZ intends to review its stress-testing framework over the coming year
11/29/2019
Why is China’s Yachting Industry Lagging?
With the largest number of millionaires in the world, China’s rich are actively seeking the best in luxury goods, which revolved primarily around the automotive industry and the fashion/designer labels industry for many years.
11/29/2019
DBS awards over SNG1 million in grants to Social Enterprises across Asia
The grants have come as part of the DBS Foundation’s ‘2019
11/29/2019
OECD releases peer review reports on dispute resolution
The reports of Brazil; Bulgaria; China (People's Republic of); Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia published contain around 190 targeted recommendations that will be followed up in stage 2 of the peer review process.
11/29/2019
Frontier Markets and The Continuing Expansion of the MENA Proposition
“Frontier markets tend to be driven much more by what's going on domestically than by what's going on in global markets”