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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

One-third of Asia’s wealth may change hands in the next five years

Younger Asian economies, according to the UBS and PwC Billionaires Report 2016, will soon see their “first-ever major inter-generational wealth transfer.”

Insurtech here to stay: Research

But it is also experiencing an activity and attractiveness mismatch in some areas.

China, Argentina pledge to strengthen bilateral ties

The two sides signed cooperation documents on agriculture, culture, education, energy, finance, investment, quarantine and inspection, railways and sports.

Passive distortions could be 'dangerous' but we're not there yet

Schroder's Australian investment director Martin Conlon said the rise of passive investment had the potential to be "dangerous"

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