Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

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

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.

DBS awards over SNG1 million in grants to Social Enterprises across Asia

The grants have come as part of the DBS Foundation’s ‘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.

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”

Philippine banks see stronger growth in next 2 years

The BSOS said that because of the bullish economic outlook, 45.9 percent of banks surveyed expect stronger banks in the next two years

ANZ bank reveals it is reviewing its money-laundering systems amid Westpac scandal

ANZ’s announcement came as political pressure on Westpac continued, with Labor’s finance spokesman, Andrew Leigh, calling for the bank’s executives to be recalled immediately to face grilling at a parliamentary committee.

China’s bank funding under pressure as financial confidence drops

Troubled lenders able to raise only a fraction of funds they have sought

Islamic demand for Australian food set to boom

This represents growth of 5.1% growth year-on-year with projected CAGR growth of 6.3% to US$1.97 trillion by 2024.

India must clean up or clear out dodgy brokers

Investors are waiting to find out after the Securities and Exchange Board of India, or Sebi, banned Karvy Stock Broking Ltd, a middleman for nearly 250,000 clients, from taking on new customers.

Slowing loan growth, rise in credit costs for S'pore banks: Fitch Ratings

UOB was also affected by some small building construction accounts and one small oil and gas account, which were all Singapore accounts.

Australia central bank seen cutting rates twice, introducing QE in 2020: Westpac

“The RBA has indicated it is prepared to push the cash rate to 0.25%,” Westpac chief economist Bill Evans said in a report.

How Asian Banks are revolutionizing the customer onboarding

As per a PWC retail banking 2020 report3, all banks surveyed view attracting new customers as one of their top challenges.

Why the HKMA is Taking ESG Investing Seriously

The de-facto bank of the special administrative region of China is spearheading efforts to promote ESG and green finance, both in its investment activities under its Exchange Fund and via its ability to influence banks as a regulator.

NDB Wealth tops Rs. 100 b in assets under management

NDB Wealth endeavours to understand client needs by analysing the core purpose for which a client plans on saving or investing and advise the client on the best savings or investment solution, taking into consideration the potential risks associated with

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