Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Asia's best market performer Vietnam has worst month in two years

Emerging market stocks and currencies are suffering the brunt of investors’ jitters as a surge in US Treasury yields overshadowed easing trade and geopolitical tension

How to Run Hedge Funds in a Communist Country

Rewards and pitfalls greet foreign money managers in China.

PE Panorama: SWFs set to grow as PE is at the peak

SWFs, furthermore, look only set to grow still further, while PE is currently at a peak in fundraising and dry powder.

Banking royal commission: How ASIC went missing in action with the banks

First, the recriminations. Then the tough talk.

Abbott suggests sacking bank regulators as ASIC feels the heat

Abbott said his fear was “that at the end of this royal commission we will have yet another level of regulation imposed upon the banks

UOB Malaysia's net profit increases 4pc to RM1.14b in 2017

Chief executive officer Wong Kim Choong said the bank’s achievements were the result of a sharpened focus on its strategic priorities.

REVEALED: The Top 5 cities for graduates seeking finance career

This year, 28 per cent said their first choice would be Dubai.

UAE poised to benefit from China’s Belt & Road Initiative: HSBC

UAE is meeting point for two-way trade worth $570b with Asia, Europe, Africa and the Rest of the World

Majority of rich Hongkongers are planning to live beyond 100, survey finds

The UBS survey revealed 59 per cent of Hong Kong’s wealthy investors believe they will become centenarians, higher than 46 per cent of Singaporean investors and 47 per cent in Taiwan.

Japanese banks are recruiting on Wall Street. Here’s who they’ve hired

MUFG has also been busy adding client-facing bankers. Regina Bruni just joined from JPM as a director of trade finance in the transaction banking group.

CBA Reveals Another Planned Disposal

The move by the Sydney-based bank is the first major decision taken under the stewardship of new CEO Matt Comyn, who took over following a money laundering scandal earlier this month.

Gold headed for a high analyst predicts

Ned Naylor-Leyland, fund manager at Old Mutual Global Investors, said that when gold prices rise, it is usually in the low double digits in percentage terms, citing 12 percent return as an example.

Highlighting client objectives and managing them consistently is key

Azeez says that most people fail to clearly state their financial objectives, which is almost always the first reason why they need a professional advisor.

Asia-Pacific beckons families next gens take over

The average age of the top 20 tycoons in China was 86 and they were renowned for never selling their empires.

A brief guide to the best (and worst) jobs at Morgan Stanley in Asia right now

Although Morgan Stanley doesn’t break out its Asian income by division, it’s clear from recent league tables that some MS bankers and traders are performing better than others.

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.

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