Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking

Congratulations to the UNEP FI and the CEOs of the 28 banks that are leading this initiative.

South Korea’s NPS picks four managers for alternatives mandates, report says

NPS and the four companies named did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Asia Asset Management (AAM).

China among bright spots as Asia outlook darkens, Goldman says

Goldman recommends buying beaten-up Chinese A-shares on the expectation that policy easing measures will start to lift markets in the first or second quarter of next year.

Lenders must recognise millennial wealth strategies

Investment Trends analyst John Carver said these geared investors are using several methods, the most common being margin lending products.

Should banks fund customer litigation?

"In other areas of the law, as you would be familiar, there are other approaches that are followed," he said.

The $200 trillion gold rush that reshaped private banking

China’s economic expansion produced an eruption in private wealth across Asia

The next gen trying to boost Hong Kong’s growing art scene

Hong Kong tycoons’ sons and daughters are fostering its homegrown creative talent

Most Filipinos shy away from banks, World Bank survey finds

The survey also concluded that for Filipinos, cash is still the preferred payment since only 18 percent of Filipino adults with accounts actually use these for payments.

Chinese banks find new cure for capital-thirsty private enterprises

The number of new private-enterprise clients will grow by 5,000 or higher annually, said ICBC president Gu Shu in an interview with Xinhua.

African overlord Robert Mugabe, 94, falls ill in Singapore

African tyrant Robert Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for almost 40 years, has fallen ill in Singapore and is currently unable to leave the country.

HNA in talks with bad debt firm Cinda as it extends $43 billion asset sales - sources

Cinda will continue to support HNA’s strategic transformation and its asset disposals in core and auxiliary businesses

46pc of Malaysians insecure about online banking

Malaysia's cashless adoption rate is ramping up, with e-payment transactions per capita doubling to 111 transactions per capita in 2017 and forecast to reach 200 transactions per capita in 2020

Hong Kong, Tokyo & Singapore top the list as best finance locations in Asia

Research based on 60 criteria across socio-economic, property and human factors

Investors embracing Asia Pacific real estate debt

Tom Moffat, Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets, Asia, CBRE discusses Asia Pacific Investment Trends Q3 2018.

Standard Bank’s Africa-China trade corridor links Africa and China in world’s next big growth partnership

To this end both the national and provincial governments of China worked to ensure that many of the 150 000 Chinese importers attending the inaugural CIIE arrived with pre-determined import orders to fill.

Asia’s Independent Wealth Managers: How Can They Add More Value for Clients?

The answer is that it is all of these things, as the experts at the discussion debated and agreed.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative will make or break global climate fight

Despite its claims of being green, most BRI money is still flowing into fossil fuel projects and traditional transport, evidence from a new WRI study shows

Research - Non-financial performance measurement is biggest hurdle for ESG investing

This more nuanced approach to sustainable investment requires the development of more complex metrics, benchmarking and monitoring.

Social Capitalism: A New Measure Of National Success

The vast majority of these ‘Social Capitalist’ countries are developing economies, and are prominent candidates to display sustainable economic development leadership over the next 20 years.

Billionaire women on the rise, especially in Asia

Asia has seen the strongest growth rates for female billionaires over the last decade, to 25 from three.

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