02/17/2017
Deutsche Bank remains steadfast in Vietnam?
Our regional Corporate Finance team participated in these transactions, and I think that the Vietnamese market could see a new wave of M&A in the near future.
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02/16/2017
Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse in unusual display of generosity to its bankers. The posture that will activate your brain
The claims follow a good year for Credit Suisse’s investment bankers globally even while its markets business struggled.
02/16/2017
Vodafone-Idea merger: BofA, UBS, StanChart vying for $40 mn advisory fee
BofA Merrill, UBS, StanChart are among banks scrambling to win advisory roles in Vodafone, Idea potential merger as the advisor could end up sharing as much as $40 million
02/16/2017
Southeast Asia tipped to attract sizable foreign investment
Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the main investors within the region in the first to third quarter of 2016.
02/16/2017
Bandhan Bank CEO on why we still need physical branches
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank, tells Moneycontrol that banking in India is still heavily reliant on personalised touch and digital banking will take time to catch on.
02/15/2017
What should we do with a sovereign wealth fund?
China SWFs are an exception, drawing upon huge trade surplus.
02/15/2017
Hedge funds must evolve amid tech disruption
Hedge fund managers will need to update their business model in order to compete with new strategies offered by disruptive and innovative technology providers, writes Quandl's Abraham Thomas.
02/15/2017
Chinese banks are hiring on Wall Street, but there’s a catch
The latter recently opened a new office on 6th Ave. in Midtown Manhattan.
02/15/2017
Concerns On Amendment KERI: ‘Amendment to Commercial Law Will Allow Hedge Funds to Control Major Companies’
Foreign hedge funds will be able to appoint their men as auditors of six of the ten largest Korean companies
02/15/2017
Credit Suisse Said to Boost Senior Asia Banker Pay by Up to 15%
Analysts and associates focusing on the advisory and underwriting business in Asia on average received about a 20 percent increase.
02/15/2017
Challenger and Standard Life strike global bond deal
The range of products that are aimed at the retirement income market.
02/14/2017
Hong Kong Banks' Property Exposure not Key Source Risk, says Fitch
The outstanding residential mortgage loans of Hong Kong banks totaled HKD1,119 billion US$144 billion at end-2016.
02/14/2017
What mega-rich homebuyers get for their money
The wealthiest billionaires in China, the US, the Middle East and elsewhere are splashing out on one-of-a-kind homes.
02/14/2017
Serious challenges confront commercial banks
Getting ahead of these trends and looking at them from a Kiwi perspective is important for our own banking sector.
02/13/2017
Why ESG for Emerging Asia?
The investment teams benefit from a unique global perspective complemented by the firm's historic Asian DNA, striving to deliver consistent excellence in performance.
02/13/2017
Digital technology opens the door to ‘alternative assets’, but what role will banks play?
Banks will still be vaults for what’s considered valuable.
02/13/2017
Millennials have to do the hard yards and they are feeling miserable
The survey, which tracked 8000 responses from young people across the globe.
02/13/2017
Job cuts loom if big four disappoint
Mr German went as far as suggesting that the big four could afford to shed 20,000 jobs and deliver more than $2 billion in savings if revenue growth disappointed.
02/13/2017
What about a spin-off for AMP's orphans?
The three units in question - wealth protection, New Zealand and the Mature run-off book - are not an insignificant part of the whole.
02/13/2017
Removing the blind-spot in portfolio advice
This plays to the process at MBMG Group’s investment division, MBMG Investment Advisory.