07/22/2018
Most listed banks post higher Q2 profit
The 11 banks' cumulative net profit for the April-to-June quarter was 55.3 billion baht
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/22/2018
Top Chinese financier warns Brexit puts London at risk of losing its status as hub for international banks expanding into Europe
Yu said it is 'very important for London' that international banks get certainty on Brexit
07/22/2018
Digital lending to become $1 tn opportunity in India over next 5 years: BCG
The report provides insights on the decision making journey of the Indian loan seeker and lists the imperatives for industry participants in the lending ecosystem to capitalise on this opportunity.
07/22/2018
Korean Firm "Finds" Wrecked Warship and Trove of Gold
A South Korean construction company, Dong-Ah Construction, claimed to have found the wreck of the Donskoii in the early 2000s
07/22/2018
Sale of missing CEFC Chinese oligarch’s Manhattan pad, Hong Kong office and global real estate triggered by bond default
Ye, who just turned 41 last month, has been missing from public view
07/20/2018
UAE-China investments: a bedrock of mutual economic growth
It is only natural for the UAE to solidify its investment ties with China, the world’s second-biggest economy and the UAE’s top global trading partner
07/20/2018
Hong Kong WM assets hit $1trn
The survey findings illustrate the sustained growth of Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management industry.
07/20/2018
China Focus: Foreign banks seek to add value to China's Belt and Road Initiative
The contract value of newly-signed contracted engineering projects in countries along the route was 47.79 billion U.S. dollars.
07/20/2018
What Asian investors can learn from UK pensions
Britain’s well developed pensions industry, with some 3 trillion $4 trillion in assets
07/19/2018
Building trust, the DBS way
For the bank, it is about instituting a culture of doing the right thing, as well as having supporting frameworks and processes in place.
07/19/2018
The Art of the Deal-by-Deal by Marc Parrott, Harneys
The low cost of rolling out new Portfolios make an SPC a potentially preferable structure to creating entirely separate companies each time that a particular underlying deal is proposed.
07/19/2018
Impact Investments Approach $6bn Impact investments approach $6bn
The products analysed included social impact bonds, green bonds, private equity, property and infrastructure.
07/19/2018
UBS's Harford: We are absolutely invested in China
Fed's view of the economy and how trade is impacting investment strategy.
07/19/2018
Currency swaps through Renminbi Clearing Centre boost UAE- China trade
Swaps through the Center grew consistently, increasing a further 42% in H1 2018
07/18/2018
Advisers grapple with client retention
The good news is professional standards reform is helping restore the reputation of the industry, Investment Trends research reveals.
07/18/2018
Wealthier Aussies seeking advice
Victorians (11.4%) and men (10.5%) are the only other cohorts with an above average tendency to seek advice.
07/17/2018
New research cautions banks on exiting wealth
The Roy Morgan research found that one third of wealth management customers who were in the top 20 per cent of the market by value had used a financial planner
07/16/2018
Japan’s MUFG is a case study in how one Tokyo lender has once again become a major player in emerging Asia
Japanese banks have become more outwardly focused in recent years, recapturing some of the market share they held in emerging Asia in the 1990s
07/13/2018
US-China trade war may affect overall deal appetite: Brenda Lau of Indosuez
Brenda Lau, senior director and head of Indosuez, says the wealth management firm has taken a cautious approach to doing PE deals in India
07/13/2018
Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study
Survey participants reported a 13.9% average portfolio return for 2017