Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Why Asia’s Rich Really Use Global Tax Havens

Roughly half of all clients use offshore hubs for better investment options rather than avoiding tax or anonymity.

Wealthy investors treading cautiously worldwide

The findings indicate that about 61% of global investors over 40 years of age are losing faith in profiting from the financial market, compared to 68% of Asian investors in the same age bracket.

Global growth continues to disappoint

"The world economy continues to be beset by mediocre growth, hesitant or impotent policy actions by national governments, and a dearth of confidence among households and businesses," wrote Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda, senior fellow and research

World Bank revises Asia Pacific growth forecasts

The bank warns in the new report that “vulnerabilities created by the interplay between high levels of indebtedness, price deflation, and slowing growth in China bear close monitoring, as do corporate and financial sector vulnerabilities across much

PH among Asia's frontrunners in 2016 – World Bank

The World Bank retains its positive growth forecast for the country despite predicting overall growth in developing Asia to fall slightly this year

Hongkongers most bullish on local equities in Asia, Legg Mason survey finds

It found Asian investors were the most optimistic on domestic stocks, while Hong Kong investors ranked high in Asia regarding optimism for the coming year.

Focus on dividend-paying stocks when investing in Singapore’s mature equity market, says Nikko’s Lai

Last week, the Singapore Dividend Equity Fund took home two awards for best fund in the Equity Singapore category over three and five years at The Edge-Thomson Reuters Lipper Singapore Fund Awards 2016.

Australian Mutual Fund Business Remains Tough To Penetrate

One is a tendency toward in-sourcing of investment management by these super funds, given that they have the scale to run their own portfolios in a cost-effective way.

Are foreign banks' shrinking business a blessing for domestic companies?

Most of the employees are in the 35-45 age bracket and valued for their experience.

Bankers must adapt or perish, says Credit Suisse

In the wake of the 2008 crisis, a stricter regulatory environment and mixed deal flow has exposed the pressure on investment banks’ costs.

Investment in Asia Pacific overweight: Credit Suisse survey

About 42% of the participants expect the Asia Pacific index to rise over 10% this year

Hong Kong Emerges as Hub for Creating Offshore Companies

Hong Kong was Mossack Fonseca's go-to spot for financial intermediaries like P&P Secretarial Management

Why China's billionaires are now the toast of Bordeaux

Far from simply snapping up a few crates of Chateau Lafite Rothschild at £20,000 a bottle, Mr Ma shelled out £12m last month for the Château de Sours

Official institutions to boost diversification; Asia likely to benefit — survey

Concerns about rising interest rates and a global equity market correction will drive official institutions around the globe

Institutions Are Becoming More Agile in the Face of Economic Uncertainty

New Research from State Street Shows Official Institutions are Focusing on Risk Management, Governance, Technology and Talent as They Diversify Their Investment Portfolios

Asia Pacific Mutual Funds: A 9-Fund Comparison for 1Q16

The region comprises 45 members of the institution.

India tops Credit Suisse emerging consumers scorecard 2016

The survey covered nine countries -- Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey.

Emerging markets: time to buy? - Schroders

The improvement in risk appetite comes at a time when aggregate emerging market valuations look attractive and investors have been waiting for an opportunity to re-enter the asset class.

DBS rises to 6th spot in Asia-Pacific private bank rankings: Survey

DBS had US$75 billion in assets under management at the end of December last year, up 2.5 per cent from end-2014, says industry publication Asian Private Banker.

Asian private-banking assets shrink 4.3%

The declines were the first since the Hong Kong-based publisher began compiling the data in 2012.

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