10/27/2017
China HNW’s craving wealth protection
The failure to grasp succession planning as part of a holistic wealth management strategy is evident from the numerous cases of rags-to-riches and vice-versa in China in recent years.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/27/2017
Lawyer wakes up $25M richer after hilarious bank blunder
When NAB accidentally pays out your entire mortgage.
10/26/2017
Sovereign Wealth Funds Eye Disruptive Technologies, More Co-Investments
GIC Has In Recent Years Stepped Up Investments Directly In Unlisted Firms
10/26/2017
OCBC's profit rises 12 per cent on lending, wealth, insurance
OCBC is the first of Singapore's three large banks to report third-quarter results.
10/26/2017
Number of Asian Billionaires Surpasses U.S. For the First Time
The continent added a new billionaire every other day, report finds
10/25/2017
Most Asian nations score poorly on Mercer pension index
No countries scored an A, or more than 80 points.
10/25/2017
Chinese investment banks face new headwinds
Slowing domestic bond markets have hit fee revenues for mainland groups
10/25/2017
EuroCham Encourages HK To Set Up Green Investment Bank
Green Investment Bank Could “Channel Private Finance Into Low-Carbon Infrastructure And Green Investment Projects
10/24/2017
China's Deleveraging Is Working, If You Know Where to Look
It has managed to take out a lot of leverage out of the system and make the system safer by keeping overnight rates up and policy rates flat.
10/24/2017
Cambodia’s economy: Growth and challenges
Inflation rose to about 3.5 percent in the first half of 2017
10/24/2017
Blockchain, Machine Learning, Robotics, AI And WT Will Reshape Digital Business In 2018
Ettienne Reinecke, Dimension Data’s Group Chief Technology Officer, says Blockchain has gone from strength to strength.
10/24/2017
ISG makes Singapore link
Frys has been offering tax-led advice in Singapore since the 1960s, opening an office in 2001.
10/23/2017
Banks plan to shift APAC trading books from London to Hong Kong
Regulator gears up to handle moves in a blow to UK capital on managing Asia risk
10/23/2017
Momentum momentum by Gary Dugan
People are still unhappy with the political elite and are thrashing around for an alternative.
10/23/2017
Singapore tops pension systems in Asia: Mercer index
Measured against 30 countries, the index puts Denmark at the top of table for the sixth consecutive year.
10/23/2017
BOJ warns of structural woes hurting private banks' profits
Many regional banks lack major sources of revenue beyond lending, as they struggle to charge transaction and advisory fees to customers unaccustomed to paying money for such services, the report said.
10/23/2017
Pension systems at risk of creating inter-generational equity issues
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index shows that South Africa needs to deal with issues of coverage, mandatory contributions and increased preservation to improve its pension system
10/23/2017
A Red Carpet for Foreign Bankers? That's So 2006, China
Are the floodgates really opening?
10/22/2017
OECD Equity Markets Review of Asia
Asia’s global share of corporate bonds, syndicated loans as well as mergers and acquisitions, has also grown significantly.
10/22/2017
Pension Markets in Focus
The 2017 edition contains a special feature on foreign investment by pension providers.