Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Hedge funds: A new way by Willis Towers Watson

We believe that this new way allows hedge fund portfolios to deliver attractive returns, improve portfolio balance and ultimately justify their inclusion in our clients’ portfolios.

Poor Customer Experience Costs Financial Institutions $10 Billion Per Year

Fenergo Report Finds One in Three Financial Institutions Have Lost Customers Due to Inefficient or Slow Onboarding Processes

How Luxury Brands Are Celebrating Lunar New Year 2019, The Year Of The Pig

In 2018, the year of the dog, French, American and Italian labels cast the canine on a variety of bags, jewelry and sweaters.

Repup launches 2019 luxury brand reputation report

Repup said it used its machine learning models to curate public data related to 18 luxury hotel brands spread across the web.

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

Also awarded a Companion in the General Division, Macquarie director and Swiss Re Australia chair Jillian Broadbent received recognition for service to corporate, financial, clean energy and cultural organisations.

Outlook for Asia's emerging markets seen brightening this year: survey

That's according to 14 strategists, traders and investors surveyed by Bloomberg.

EU Benchmark Regulation – Not Just a European Problem

The ‘problem’ has remained largely ignored in favour of more diverting and broader impacting current affairs.

Asia’s ultra-rich get ready to pass on more than $125b of wealth to heirs

About a fifth of the 500 people on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index are at least 80 years old, and 21 are nonagenarians, including eight from Asia with a combined net worth of $125 billion.

Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reports 94.7 per cent decline in returns amid massive stock market losses

The fund’s dismal performance comes after a record 2017 when it posted gains of HK$264 billion

Let’s hope the good news keeps coming by Gary Dugan

The S&P500 at 2664 appears to be targeting the 2700 level with a shot at the peak of the fourth quarter of 2800.

AMP flags 96% slump in full-year profit

Underlying profit is expected to be around A$680m for 2018. This marks a 35% slump compared to the 2017 figure of $A1.04bn.

How the Allure of Mega Wealth Led Brokers Into Fraud Suits

Hong Kong client sent skillfully forged documents, broker says

Private Wealth Management in Hong Kong : SURVEY 2019

The ageing of first and second generation HNWIs in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia presents the market with a great need to advise on strategies, structures and assets for the protection, preservation and transfer of wealth from the older generations.

PH economy may grow 6.4 percent in 2019: Standard Chartered

The government reported GDP growth of 6.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, bringing average growth for the full year to 6.2 percent.

Global risk management survey - Deloitte

Financial institutions should also consider leveraging the power of digital technologies

Five Family Business Trends 2019

How will family businesses fare in 2019?

TBank shareholders mull merger with TMB Bank

Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong said recently that TMB had received multiple M&A offers from financial institutions such as TBank, but all the offers were in the initial stages of negotiations and none had reached a conclusion yet.

JP Morgan Global Alternatives Outlook

As growth slows and risks rise, investors should expect the unexpected

Kenya, China tie on new millionaires list

The projected millionaire growth pace is the same as that of the world’s second-largest economy, China, which is tied with Kenya at number six globally.

Why are Australia's large cap fund managers failing to beat the index

The year was another humbling one for the active funds management community, which has struggled to convince investors from trillion dollar sovereign funds to individuals with small balances, that they can add value over and above the fees they charge.

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