Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character by Penny Lovell

What makes a winner?

Hiring and retaining great talent driving growth

Bhave explains that that talent is crucial for Karvy and cites how withing 325 employees, he is the oldest at the age of 45.

India Loses Highest Percentage of Millionaires Through Migration

Nearly 23,000 millionaires have left India since 2014, according to Ruchir Sharma, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

5 Truths About Global Compliance

Many organisations struggle complying with their worldwide spread duties.

Next China Central Bank Chief's Hands May Be Tied – by Xi: BNP

“No matter whether or not the person is very liberalized, he or she won’t be able to go outside the framework Beijing has already set.”

India's millennial millionaire class hot favourite among asset managers

Nirmal Jain's IIFL Holdings, which manages money for 10,000 ultra high networth individuals more than doubled in the past 12 months

US risks missing the boat in Vietnam

Donald Trump's lurch towards protectionism will hinder American access to one of Asia's fastest rising economies

Moody’s sees global Islamic bond issuance stay at US$100 billion level in 2018

The corporate and asset-backed sukuk market had a muted 2017 as issuers sought more attractive opportunities in the conventional bond market, and Moody’s forecasts more of the same this year.

Japan's financial groups spot opportunity in Chinese deregulation

SMBC and Nomura move quickly to increase presence in mainland market

Growth Lifts Southeast Asian Banks’ Earnings

The bank’s revenue jumped 43% in its wealth management division, which includes income from activities such as insurance and private banking, Nikkei reported.

Data – An elixir for Asia’s wealth industry?

Data is not just renewing itself, it is proliferating.

Private Equity Funds Year-in-Review – A Lookback at 2017 and the Outlook for 2018: International Private Equity Funds

According to a Preqin survey conducted in December 2017, 53 percent of institutional investors globally plan to increase their allocation to private equity over the long term

HNWIs give a boost to resurgent art market: Research

The US remains the largest market for art buyers, but China has overtaken the UK for second place.

Australia’s NAB says incentives ‘root cause’ of fraud

“So from a very early point, NAB was aware that a driver for these ... fraudulent behaviours was its own remuneration structure,” Rowena Orr, a barrister assisting the inquiry, said on Wednesday.

New Business Models and Emerging Technologies are Enabling FinTech Companies to Improve Financial Inclusion, Report Says

These companies are mission-driven but are also focused on providing attractive risk-adjusted returns to their investors.

Annual Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report Released

A comprehensive and macro-level analysis of today's international art market, the report covers key trends in the market in the context of wider economic shifts.

Hedge funds warn of an upcoming flashpoint with China as trade concerns grow

The U.S. Trade Representative's office is due to rule on an investigation into China's policies.

Asset and wealth management CEOs optimistic about growth but aware of looming disruption – PwC survey

However just 38% of the interviewed CEOs believe that robotics and alternative intelligence (AI) can improve the consumer experience.

Australia Islamic finance blooms under the radar

The country in fact has a substantial number of Islamic finance service providers which offer a broad scope of Shariah-compliant finance products ranging from house financing, Islamic pensions, wealth management to halal superannuation funds and takaful.

PE Panorama: Where expectations and outcomes move in opposite directions

It’s also a powerful incentive for putting off the evil day when you finally have to come clean with pensioners.

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