Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Citi bonuses are up in Hong Kong as other US banks suffer

At Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lunch and Morgan Stanley, bonuses in Asian equities were “down or flat” on the previous year

Bangladesh remittance inflow rises with 37% year-on-year growth in January

After two years of downtrend, Bangladesh has posted growth in remittance inflow for four months consecutively.

China's $11 Trillion Bond Market Is Winning Foreign Investors

Sustained inflows are potentially a game changer for China’s bond market.

Taking Canopy to the next level in 2018

Tanmai Sharma, CEO, Canopy talks about their data driven offerings and how they help private banks boost their revenue.

Western banks make push into Japanese dealmaking as fee pool hits record

Bankers and headhunters estimate foreign investment banking headcount will rise as much as 15 percent this year in Japan.

Negative rate policy sapping Japanese banks' stamina

Major lenders' net interest income shrank 14% in 2 years

Metrobank nets P18.2B

We are pleased to report positive results in our core business.

Eternity or Identity? What Diamonds Mean to Chinese Millennials

The diamond industry has developed a top-down approach to decoding millennials’ attitudes to diamonds in order to make the stones even more appealing.

Hong Kong vs Singapore: which is your best bet for a banking job in 2018?

If you’re looking for a front-office banking job in Asia this bonus season, you will typically find more options in Hong Kong than Singapore.

Changing Tides: Global Private Debt Market in 2018

Of these, a fifth (21%) expect a significant increase over 2018.

HSBC loses ground in Asian trade finance markets

The research shows that local and regional banks have been making big gains across Asia

HSBC Bangladesh tops Euromoney trade finance survey

The bank also won country awards in Argentina, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Qatar, Singapore, the UAE, the UK, the US and Vietnam.

Is wealth planning the answer for private banks in Asia?

Private banks are in the relationship business and often those connections last years, decades.

US, Switzerland singled out for financial secrecy by new index

The only realistic way to address these problems comprehensively is to tackle them at root: by directly confronting offshore secrecy and the global infrastructure that creates it.

Dealmakers Jump Ship as China Tycoon's $5 Billion M&A Push Ends

The shadow-banking mogul’s ambitions, like those of many of his peers, have been squashed by the iron fist of the Chinese state.

World Bank Report Finds Rise in Global Wealth, but Inequality Persists

The report found that global wealth grew an estimated 66 percent

Cryptocurrency – Only Part of a Monetary Revolution by Gary Dugan

To my mind cryptocurrency is the world’s attempt to deal with three issues.

VanEck rejigs Australian leadership for APAC expansion

VanEck's Australian arm announced a raft of expanded roles, including the promotion of its managing director.

Affin Hwang eyes Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

At some point, the domestic market is as big as it can get for us as the population of Malaysia is only slightly over 30 million people.

UBS has replaced Macquarie at the top of the financial adviser league table

UBS Investment Bank replaced Macquarie Group at the top the financial adviser league table in 2017 by value with $54 billion across 21 deals, according to the latest trend report from Mergermarket

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