Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Sports stars owed thousands after social media start-up collapse

But 20Four appears to have been unable to capitalise on that star power, and liquidators are now trying to sell the last of its assets to pay the more than $900,000 it owes.

Jing Daily’s Crystal Ball: 5 Radical Predictions for China’s Luxury Industry in 2019

Preparation and the right strategies are crucial.

Instos concerned by the impact of passive investments

Two-thirds of institutional investors believe the popularity of passive investments has increased systemic risk.

‘Suffering’: Morningstar slashes growth forecast for fund manager

The fund manager has been hit by the cross-currents of falling share prices, better access to global assets and structural changes among key industry superfunds.

This is why you’ve never stuck with your new year’s resolutions

Did you not keep up with last year’s resolutions? You might be making one of the most common mistakes below.

Meet the Ambanis – Asia’s richest family who live in a US$1 billion skyscraper and party with royals

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who own’s India’s reliance empire, surpassed Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma in July to become the wealthiest man in Asia

Are Family Offices Fueling Startup's Growth in India?

Globally family offices are investing in startups since decades but it was until recently the trend started picking up in India

Institutional investments in realty sector doubled to USD 20 billion during 2014-18: Report

The period post the global financial crisis from 2009 to 20 to 2018

Asia's emerging markets seen bringing more pain to investors in 2019

The overall outlook for EM Asia government bonds remains cautious.

Indonesia mutual fund assets up 9.3% in January-November

NAV of ETFs jumped 32.5%, or 2.59 trillion rupiah, to 10.56 trillion rupiah over the same period.

Discount on HK land points to worsening housing market

China Overseas Land pays HK$13,523 psf or HK$8b for Kai Tak site which can yield 590,000 sq ft of floor area

SMEs ho-hum about 2019 outlook; more look to Asean for opportunities

But industry watchers caution that challenges still abound for SMEs eager to leverage the trade war to spread their wings in the region

Vietnam beats Singapore to top ASEAN’s IPO markets

A Dickensian tale of caution

FirstKey Homes did make statements claiming its good intent, but the Washington Post was not slow to provide evidence otherwise.

Market sell-off is structural by Gary Dugan

Ageing populations need immigration not anti-immigration

S Korea inks deal to join Central American multilateral development bank

South Korea is set to become the 15th member state of the multilateral lender once the deal is ratified by the National Assembly.

Investors see value in Asia debt for 2019

Debt buyers are closely watching for any additional credit easing in China, which could reduce funding pressures for some borrowers from the nation, the biggest issuer of the securities.

Competition fuels pay jump for locals at China asset manager tie-ups

An increasing number of wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs) is being set up in China, and expectations that Beijing will further loosen restrictions in the asset management industry is spurring demand for locals who have strong connections to regulat

China's social net wealth second highest in the world

Seventy-three percent of social net wealth is owned by residents, while the remaining 27 percent is held by the government, the report said, adding that by the end of 2016, China's social asset totaled 1210 trillion yuan.

Asia debt defaults expected to rise

In India, a landmark default by shadow lender Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services has tightened liquidity for non-bank lenders, while China's deleveraging campaign and push to cut the number of zombie companies have prompted more failures

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