10/12/2018
China 'won't be found' a currency manipulator, bank lobby group says
China's central bank is not manipulating the yuan's exchange rate, according to Tim Adams
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/11/2018
2018 LEXUS Hurun China Rich List
This is the 20th annual ranking of the richest individuals in China.
10/11/2018
Singapore leads the way
They can certainly achieve their aim here.
10/11/2018
What's on your expat wish list?
The Spanish way of life also helped to secure 2nd place for experience again this year.
10/11/2018
Beneficial Ownership Registers: A step forward, or unnecessary nuisance?
Global wealth management administration and accounting systems provider Touchstone in August acted as co-host with Hubbis for two private discussions in Hong Kong and Singapore on the role and the potential impact of these new public beneficial ownership
10/11/2018
Chinese investment in Malaysia: don’t judge it by controversies with Mahathir
While the media focuses on the US$23 billion worth of Chinese-backed projects opposed by the Malaysian prime minister, it’s easy to forget the smaller scale successes, says economist
10/10/2018
Evrard Bordier On Applying A ‘Know Thyself’ Principle in Investment Strategy, And Why A Fiscal Goldilocks Zone May Be Untenable for Banks
The bank’s CEO and managing partner Evrard Bordier believes that identifying what is truly important to a client can help them discover unconscious traits they might not have realised about themselves, or perhaps had not been able to articulate.
10/10/2018
Singapore and India are the Asian nations most guilty of driving wealth gap, according to Oxfam
Oxfam said inequality had reached crisis levels, with the richest 1 per cent of the global population laying claim to four-fifths of wealth created between mid-2016 and mid-2017, while the poorest half saw no increase in wealth
10/09/2018
330,000 high networth individuals hold 48% of India's private wealth: report
The report says that Mumbai remains the wealthiest cities with 28 city based billionaires having a cumulative wealth of $950 billion (private wealth held by individuals include assets like property, cash, equities, business interests less any liabilities)
10/09/2018
India's personal wealth may grow at a CAGR of 13% to $5 tn by 2022: BCG
India is also expected to become the 11th wealthiest nation globally by 2022 in terms of total personal wealth, improving its rank by four places from 2017
10/09/2018
Vietnam to make investment environment friendlier for investors: NA leader
She noted that Vietnam’s GDP has reached US$240.5 billion, with a trade value of more than US$475 billion and a population of 95 million at a demographic golden age.
10/08/2018
Can RegTech Help Solve Wealth Management’s Compliance Conundrum?
The other key non-banker guest was Josh Heiliczer, a partner with EY and APAC Financial Crime Leader, who shared his deep insights and views on emerging trends in this sensitive area of wealth management data and compliance responsibilities and the role o
10/08/2018
Why are investment banks nervous about Australia's cartel case?
This is the first time a probe has led to charges alleging criminal cartel conduct in the financial sector.
10/08/2018
Fitch forecasts stable outlook for banking
The rating agency earlier this year upgraded the credit outlook of the Thai banking sector to stable from negative.
10/08/2018
Chinese banks to benefit from trade war, says UBP
UBP’s current base-case scenario estimates a trimming in GDP growth by 0.8% to 6% in one year as the economy faces tariffs imposed on nearly half of all Chinese goods exported to the US.
10/07/2018
Hard Brexit risks UK status as ‘gateway to Europe’ for Japan as companies size up new sites
Businesses consider moving to continental Europe as fears of no-deal Brexit grow
10/07/2018
Transparency in Islamic Banking
None of the above statements are true and they are a serious disappointment to anyone who knows this market.
10/05/2018
Goldman Sachs in Asia: True to its Principles and its Core ultra-HNWI Focus
Another trend worth noting is that with multi-family offices emerging in the traditional private wealth space, there will be more focus on innovation and differentiation among different wealth services providers.
10/05/2018
Asian asset managers see revenue rising to US$112 billion by 2022, McKinsey says
Asia is the world’s fastest-growing asset management market, which captured nearly 45% of global flows over the past five years.
10/05/2018
Asia's private-bank party on thin ice
That's added to the huge pile of Chinese money already parked there.