Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

How open is Asia to branchless banking?

The openness of customers to digital alternatives without the need for a physical distribution network has been correspondingly met by the local market in developed Asia.

Alternative finance the option for millennials

"Compared to five years ago, 70% of small business owners perceive there are more small business lending options today than there were in 2013."

CSOP Family Office: building a benchmark

Talking deeper about what makes CSOP Family Office unique and different, Xiao says that they are firmly on the client’s side.

Germany's problem with China goes well beyond trade issues

Greece was one of the early flashpoints for Germany's concern about the growing competition from China.

Why Aberdeen Standard's Robert Penaloza is warming to bank stocks

Penaloza left Australia 21 years ago to work in Asia before moving back to take over the firm's Australian equity operations in the middle of 2011.

Offshore Deal Volume In 2017 Outpaces Previous Year

The latest edition of Offshore-i, an Appleby report that provides data and insight on merger and acquisition activity in the major offshore financial centres, focuses on transactions announced over the course of 2017.

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

Seventy per cent of SMSF investors said they were concerned by ongoing regulatory reform to superannuation, while 47% said they planned to seek financial advice on how to best navigate the changes, AMP Capital said.

China's financial market door only opens inward

The latest concessions appear designed to defuse trade tensions with the United States

The charitable choice: powering better wealth planning through family unity and shared goals

These statistics demonstrate the importance of working with high-net-worth (HNW) families to develop their investment portfolios and long-term estate plans

Bahraini-Indonesian economic relations discussed

The two sides expressed hope that direct flights between the countries will be opened

Deutsche Bank in Asia: whose jobs are safe, whose aren’t?

Redundancies have been a feature of life at Deutsche in Asia for several years now.

Singapore’s ‘graduate poor’ earn less than S$2,000 a month

It found that about 70, or 4.31 per cent, of the respondents were severely underemployed.

ADB sees Asia's 2018 growth at 6 percent, but warns of trade risks

Another risk to Asia’s growth, the ADB said, is “diminishing capital inflows if the U.S. Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates faster than markets expect.”

Generali Thailand - dramatic growth in the life business

“We added quite a few new partners, and especially grew a lot in the protection business, and the unit-linked business, which we launched at the end of 2016.”

One of the world’s oldest auctioneers is bidding for India’s art market

The live auction, which will include items specially curated for Indian collectors, is a step forward for the country’s art market.

UBS retreat threatens market consensus

Late on Tuesday afternoon, the word was that a key set of data – including financial estimates, share price targets, and recommendations.

Canara Bank to shut three branches in Leicester, Bahrain and Shanghai

Rakesh Sharma, bank's managing director and chief executive officer, told Business Standard that the board of directors had given a nod for overseas branch rationalisation plan

Banks under fire for taking 217 days to pay compensation claims

As the royal commission puts bank remediation schemes under the microscope, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said that once banks had decided to pay compensation, on average it took another 217 days before the first such payment to a c

Report: Lombard Odier creates ‘repatriation’ product for Indonesian bank

Lombard Odier has a private banking outpost on Raffles Place in Singapore’s financial district, and has had a presence in the market since 2008, according to its website.

Asia expected to lead world growth: report

The Asian economy remains one of the major engines driving world economic development, it said.

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