Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Vietnam’s ultra-rich individuals to hit 1,300 by 2027: Knight Frank

It predicts that Vietnam will have more than 112,200 millionaires by 2027, a more than 60% increase from 2022 and a 173% increase from 2017.

APRA releases superannuation statistics for September 2023

Employer contributions increased by 13.7 per cent over the year

41% to Redefine Retail Banking in Asia/Pacific, Inclined to Invest on Generative AI, According to IDC

In the report, IDC prioritizes the GenAI use cases and the best practices in the Asia/Pacific region across six key customers journeys: acquisition, onboarding, transaction processing, servicing, portfolio management, and risk management and collections.

HSBC Asset Management's Shah and Mehta: There are bright spots when investing in India

Diwali boost to Indian investment

Calastone: Asia is a Fund Tokenization Leader

Firms engaged in fixed income and private assets were most advanced in their implementation efforts.

Singapore family office reveals frontier tech investing approach

Private equity investments are something we continue to look at with a focus on six key sectors.

Carney Mak of FXHB Asset Management shares insights on family offices from the Singapore financial community’s view

“We always strongly advocate the importance of social responsibility and localisation.”

AllianzGI bullish on China as ‘high-quality growth’ will create wealth management demand, CEO Tobias Pross says

Chinese regulators in August granted initial approval to AllianzGI to set up an onshore fund management company, which should start operations next year

Banks hunt for growth amid economic headwinds

The EY analysis of the big four banks’ 2023 full-year results found their combined statutory earnings were up 8.2% from the same time last year, to $31.99 billion.

Oral reply to Parliamentary Questions on banking services disruption of DBS and Citibank on 14 October 2023

Mr Speaker, Sir, may I have your permission to answer all the Parliamentary Questions 47 to 54 in today’s Order Paper

e-Conomy SEA 2023 Report Unveils that Singapore Poised to Lead Digital Lending in Southeast Asia

This surge is credited to high lending rates and consumer demand from underbanked demographics, further propelled by intensified competition among digital financial service providers.

Barclays: Limited Impact Expected for Asia Jobs

But the cuts vary from region to region, with Asia expected to be largely spared.

Cut Citi industrials chief in Hong Kong re-emerges at Santander

Jian spent five years at Citi as an MD after joining from UBS in 2018.

5 Wealth Management Fintechs Making Waves in Singapore

A core focus of the revamped ITM 2025 will be to broaden the financial industry’s capabilities in several asset classes, including wealth management fintechs.

Prudential looking to promote health and wellness through sports

It has a three-year deal, until 2024, to host the Singapore Criterium.

What will the rise of super apps mean for wealth management?

There is already more diversity in apps and competition and competition regs are hard to overcome when creating a super app.

The founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande — who was once Asia's second-richest person — is no longer a billionaire

The wealth plunge follows a tumble in Evergrande's share price.

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