Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

New operating models slash costs, drive efficiencies in financial services

Both SaaS and BPaaS lower the cost to serve customers and allow firms to focus on their core business.

Shruti Advani: «This Uncommon Cold in Hong Kong»

Despite any charm, the otherwise steely leader may be able to muster, the numbers are damning – when China sneezes, Hong Kong quite literally catches a cold.

Japanese brokerages shed aversion to hostile takeover bids

Small player Mita makes waves as bigger rivals also begin to offer services

The Philippine’s GDP expected to again hit six per cent in 2020

Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands and research firm Fitch Solutions both expect the country’s gross domestic product growth to improve to 6.3 per cent this year.

SBI seeks to be ‘white knight’ for Japan’s regional banks

Declaration comes as regulator plans biggest shake-up of ailing lenders since 1990s

Global Banks’ Potential Faustian Pact for Chinese Market Access

Foreign banks can now compete to be lead underwriters of debt and equity offerings, own asset management firms, and broker deals.

Surge in investor visa applications from China’s super-rich

The tier one investor visa allows those who invest £2m or more in the UK to live there for three years and four months, with the possibility of a two-year extension.

Survey: Vietnam Has One of Highest Rates of Consumer Savings

As a developing nation, Vietnam is becoming increasingly wealthy, and citizens are saving more, joining a global trend of increased savings.

ASEAN needs to rely on its own strengths to drive growth: economists

Growth should improve in 2020, but enacting key reforms this year is essential for sustaining it over this decade.

StanChart CEO says company offers global perspective to Chinese clients

The forecast expects that China, the biggest single contributor to global economic growth, will set a GDP growth target of around six percent for next year and provide policy support for a slightly higher rate.

50 richest Filipinos: Share-the-wealth challenge

Improving the world through philanthropy has been proven to be doable, with generous rich people willing to share their wealth with the less fortunate.

2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index Released

Digital skills gap intensifies widening divide between high-income nations & rest of worldThe Adecco Group commits to upskill / reskill five million people by 2030

Why big banks’ private wealth advisers want to break free

The prestigious private banks and wealth management firms advising Australia's richest people are feeling the post-Hayne heat too.

Davos 2020 and climate change: How investment risks have shifted over a decade

As recently as ten years ago the environment didn’t register in the top risks for discussion at the World Economic Forum. Now it dominates. This has important implications for investors.

AIA Malaysia gives comical take on wealth management using Chinese proverbs

The grandfather sends his grandchildren on a mission to identify Chinese proverbs that will help them preserve their family wealth.

Asia has an ageing and pension problem

Prompt review needed for retirement provisions to tackle issue of shrinking workforces and growing number of seniors, according to Credit Suisse report

Global Talent in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Countries are competing globally to grow better talent; attract the talent they need; and retain those workers who contribute to competitiveness, innovation, and growth.

5 ways to usher in a climate-friendly Chinese New Year

Can consumers do their part to curb climate change while observing traditions and ushering in good fortune this Lunar New Year? Businesses and environmental activists offer tips on how to achieve both aims.

Asian Fund Distributors Are Asking For Help – But Are We Listening?

Calastone’s recent survey of 25 fund distributors across Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan exposed the sheer scale of the problem facing the industry.

Fancy Meals and Loans for Friends: China’s Banks Face Costly Cleanup

After years of lax oversight, the smaller banks that powered the country’s economic growth have racked up unsustainable bad debts

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