05/18/2016
Jenny Zeng, Portfolio Manager—Asian Credit, said that, since 2014, 16 borrowers in China’s onshore public bond market had defaulted on 25 issues.
05/18/2016
Impairment figures are useful but not the whole story. In most businesses errors come to light quickly.
05/18/2016
The opening speeches were followed by two panel discussions on the role of Islamic finance in the SDGs.
05/18/2016
SBI, associates begin talks for a merger which would create an entity with a balance sheet of Rs37 trillion
05/17/2016
Investment is set to double in the next five years as wealthy rush to get their money into overseas assets, especially houses
05/17/2016
Overseas managers expect new opportunities and see advantages to setting up shop locally
05/16/2016
Beijing, ranked ninth after Dubai, has great potential given the city's substantial number of high-net-worth individuals, the report added.
05/16/2016
Chinese banks this year make up 9 of the top 20 banks by fee income from bond sales, and have so far earned $450m, compared with $797m in total last year.
05/16/2016
The report further recommends creating institutions and governance systems to support orderly function of the Islamic social finance sector.
05/16/2016
The report further said that FinTech revolution could raise risks to traditional banks
05/16/2016
The exclusive use of Visual C++ 6.0 to develop the malware and similar spelling error patterns were other findings that led researchers to the conclusion, as ZDNet pointed out.
05/12/2016
Global wealth managers compete for up to US$200b in revenue
Firms that fail to make strategic investments to deliver a superior client experience may risk losing a substantial portion of their current business, the report finds.
05/12/2016
He speaks to Haslinda Amin on "Bloomberg Markets Middle East" from the Global Islamic Finance Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
05/12/2016
The ratios for commercial banks vary significantly, ranging from less than 5 percent for China Everbright Bank and China Minsheng Bank to roughly one-fifth for China Guangfa Bank, the sources said.
05/11/2016
Average wealth of an Indian surges by 400% in 10 years: Report
Average wealth of an European citizen declined by 5% during the period.
05/11/2016
ASEAN as an asset class – a challenging feat
Ms Nor Rejina also pointed out the fact that ASEAN member countries are in varying stages of development, referring to the divergence between a developed economy such as Singapore and frontier markets, Vietnam and Myanmar.
05/11/2016
Fusang’s new wealth-planning service offers Asia’s wealthy independent advice free of big bank conflicts.
05/09/2016
Malaysia rises in The Economist's crony capitalism index
Another interesting statistic to note is that if one were to look at the chart for the crony income and non-crony income in the countries listed, there is usually a substantial and noticeable gap between the two.
05/09/2016
China's forex reserves rise to $3.22 trillion
Economists say China still faces a huge challenge of stabilising the yuan
05/09/2016
BNY Mellon report predicts that investor demand for real assets will surge by 2020
The survey also revealed that more than a third of infrastructure and real estate fund managers had altered their investment approach