Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Kleinwort’s M&A story makes for cautionary tale

What is clear is that this is another messy outcome for a former bastion of the City of London

After fueling $1 trillion Asia deal spree, China's M&A set to hit new heights in 2016

With private companies like Fosun International Ltd (0656.HK) in the vanguard, Chinese firms spent a record $102 billion so far in 2015, the data shows.

The new spruikers of Australian real estate

Many are striving to be a one-stop shop for their clients, connecting people planning to migrate, and high net worth individuals, with real estate agents and developers in Australia.

Financial services among top taxpayers

Topping the list was Citibank who paid more than $195 million in company tax, 23.8% of its total income.

Top 10 challenges for investment banks in 2016: Global structural reform

Banks can no longer rely on traditional ways of working and are being forced to make hard choices about their post-crisis business models.

2016 would be year of emerging markets

Emerging markets will be the major focus of 2016 for the California-based technology giant, which manufactures semiconductor chips for computing devices and earns $53 billion in revenues.

Asian banks seen taking pole position in post-sanctions Iran

Iran and world powers reached a deal over Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief

DBS, Julius Baer seen likely bidders Barclays Asia wealth unit-sources

Barclays is weighing the sale

Michael Smith: ANZ's rough diamond bows out

Smith hasn’t always been applauded for his socalled superregional strategy and has had to show patience against oftenstrong market opposition.

Banking sector still tied up in red tape

Yet after a long preparatory period, the establishment of the community is close at hand and banks are still looking for tangible benefits.

Why China's women are being pursued by wealth managers and property agents

China’s damas have plenty of spare cash to invest, and a good sales attitude matters more to them than solid professional knowledge, say wealth managers

Thiam’s grab for bigger slice of Asia pie brings costs, risks

The 53-year-old Ivory Coast native was brought in to rebuild investor confidence and improve returns squeezed by tougher capital standards.

Cashed up private equity firms set for busy 2016

Private equity firms are tipped to be busier spending $5.5 billion of capital in 2016, rather than exiting investments, despite fierce competition for assets from strategic local and offshore buyers.

Asian Institutional Funds To Channel $240B Into Global Property Market By 2020

Asia Pacific institutions, which include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and insurance companies, are sitting on massive wealth that amounts to nearly $15 trillion as of the start of 2015.

Online platform for asset management launched

Firm’s Assistant Vice-President marketing Sudip Kumar Mandal told reporters here that IFAXpress was a strategic initiative for IFA community, conceived to ease the transaction process and offer a seamless and superior client-servicing experience.

PH economy seen to sustain growth momentum

Impact of weaker global economy on remittances, not election results, seen to pose risks

HSBC Leads Asian Fixed-income Market

Greenwich Associates Announces 2015 Share and Quality Leaders

Risk, ruin and the unknown unknowns of the finance sector

The shockwaves from forced sovereign wealth selling will gut the world's commercial property markets, infrastructure and private equity funds

Singapore’s 40 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under in 2015

The list recognizes the 40 young lawyers in the city-state who have shaped the legal industry inside and outside the courtroom, or on the negotiating table.

Once a billionaire, not always a billionaire

The report examined the differences between billionaires’ wealth creation, preservation and philanthropic practices across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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