08/29/2017
BNZ 9-month profit edges up 1.8 per cent
Net profit rose to $692 million in the nine months ended June 30 from $680m
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/29/2017
How competitive banking is taking Macau global
Though its key tourism and gaming sectors have contracted recently, Macau’s growth has stayed strong. Now, an outward-looking, competitive banking sector is leading the region to a prosperous future
08/29/2017
Take the long-haul view, wealth manager tells investors
Slamci, as wealth manager, endeavors to continuously improve its 11 Sun Life Prosperity Funds and its other initiatives to make investing more accessible to Filipinos.
08/29/2017
Fund manager Nikko wary of Winston Peters' possible policy demands
The big unknown for Nikko is how long it will take for a government to form, and Nikko has shifted some assets to Australia due to the information vacuum over policy demands.
08/28/2017
Vietnam banks surviving on credit
Some commercial banks have even eased the lending interest rates in some preferential business fields to support economic growth.
08/28/2017
In Japan, the lottery is out and investing is in
Millennials crave gains, but the older set still finds risk hard to stomach
08/28/2017
Ten years on, where to now for China’s sovereign wealth fund?
Launched to much fanfare, CIC has struggle to generate returns, retain top talent and shed suspicions about its role
08/28/2017
What would you do if you had $1billion to spare?
Australia's richest man Anthony Pratt makes record-breaking donation to charity
08/25/2017
The Midas touch
The ideas of our modern gold bugs are completely crazy.
08/25/2017
Asset managers flex investor muscles, even to business partners
Detailed disclosures illuminate institutional investors' activism at shareholder meetings
08/25/2017
China money market funds drive industry AUM to all-time high
The data is likely to concern regulators who are fretting about the liquidity risk of MMFs.
08/24/2017
Hong Leong Financial Group's 4Q net profit drops 34.2% on year
Our core businesses continue to show strong credit and liquidity risk metrics which are important in these times
08/24/2017
OCBC inks 10-year deal with Bank of Ningbo in Singapore
The deal will also touch on product development and capital market solutions.
08/23/2017
Alibaba’s Jack Ma re-crowned Asia’s richest person
The company unites a family of internet-based businesses, which enables users to buy or sell anywhere in the world.
08/23/2017
Cambodia: Keeping gateways open to realise the true potential of fintech
In rolling out Pi Pay as Cambodia’s first truly cashless payment app we have a very clear vision that building partnerships with stakeholders is essential to our success.
08/23/2017
China expected to be a key AI player in five years: UBS
Major application areas range from self-driving cars to speech and image recognition to personal assistant.
08/22/2017
How succession algorithm in India’s family-owned businesses are changing
Where families do not any longer see the need to have their children run the business.
08/22/2017
Virtual info hub needed to deepen ASEAN capital markets
Nazir said enabling companies the access to the broadest range of capital providers would also provide a huge boost to the overall value proposition of being part of ASEAN.
08/21/2017
Global Dividends soar to record heights
This was the fastest rate of growth since 2015, with new quarterly records in the US, Japan, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia, and South Korea.
08/21/2017
Singapore lagging behind other cities in e-payment use: PM Lee
Payment can be made simply by picking up a phone and scanning a QR code.