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Japanese asset managers will reveal AGM votes

Asset managers under pressure to drive reform of the country’s corporate sector

Rise of the technophobe - education key to tech adoption, says HSBC

The HSBC research report, Trust in Technology, shows that technologies such as fingerprint recognition, voice recognition and robo-advice hold enormous potential for uses from bank security to mobile payments and investment advice, yet millions of people

Indonesia's Salim Group Wants to Build a "New Bank Central Asia"

BCA was one of the banks that sought assistance from the Indonesian government that had established the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency with the aim to try to save the banking sector.

Younger Hong Kong workers dissatisfied with MPF

The finding was based on a survey of Hong Kong employees conducted by Mercer and market research firm Nielsen last month.

Trust in Technology - HSBC

A study of more than 12,000 people in 11 countries into global technology perceptions and habits, conducted independently and commissioned by HSBC.

Asset Management Fee Comtinue To Fall Across Asset Classes

bfinance global fee research shows fees continue to fall but investors’ overall costs rise

China’s Elite Buying Private Jets For Business, Not Pleasure

New research by Global Jet Capital, reported by The Wall Street Journal, shows a different side of the story.

Are HNW investors ahead of the investment cycle?

Interestingly, Forza has been made aware that often these sale proceeds are being retained as cash rather than reinvested back into the property sector.

The top investment bankers poached by Chinese corporate giants

Who are the bankers who’ve quit the bulge bracket for top jobs at Chinese conglomerates? Here’s a selection.

Adopting new technologies could help banking customers, according to HSBC

Respondents were found to lack knowledge of new technologies, with blockchain, finance applications integrated into social media and robo-advisors being amongst those that are the least understood.

BVI drives connectivity to China’s Belt and Road initiative

Will it be Hong Kong or London as the Belt and Road’s financial hub?

Asset management looks different in 2020: Research

Forty-four deals took place in the first quarter of 2017, and Casey Quirk expects 2017’s volume to likely outpace the last two years.

Global investors demonstrate increase in impact investments

A majority of respondents said their investments have either met or exceeded expectations for both impact and financial performance in 2016

Global Political and Economic Uncertainty Create a New Breed of Digital Innovators

Nash/KPMG CIO Survey

Fulcrum, the customer experience data startup, raises $3.4Mn at a valuation of $30Mn

The platform offers a data analytics platform that pulls information from multiple channels and then automates the next best interaction between a customer and business to drive sales.

New AXA IM research highlights golden rules around how insurers invest

Fixed income investing: better issuer and issuance selection is needed

Andrew Forrest gives away large part of his fortune in $400m donation

Forrest and his wife Nicola are making one of the largest philanthropic donations in Australian history, to fund a variety of social and medical causes

Financial stress rising in Australia

Income levels have no significant bearing on attitudes toward debt with the research showing similar levels of concern across all income brackets.

HSBC's Gulliver has bet the business on change in China

Bank prospering amid renewed growth, but faces pain if reform drive slows

Singaporean banks bulk up in wealth management

Pullback by global rivals paves way for Asian acquisitions

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