10/05/2015
The World Bank says it expects developing Asian and Pacific economies to grow by 6.5 per cent this year – down 0.2 percentage points from its previous outlook
10/02/2015
This paper investigates how monetary policy affects bank profitability. We use data for 109 large international banks headquartered in 14 major advanced economies for the period 1995-2012.
10/01/2015
In the coming decade, it will be increasingly important to segment and understand the wealthy at a more detailed level – most likely defined by cities within countries.
10/01/2015
According to a study by Wealth-X and the Sotheby's International Realty, a growing number of ultra-high net worth individuals view homes as 'opportunity gateways
10/01/2015
To give you a hand, we’ve asked recruiters to identify some of the key compensation trends they’re seeing in the Asian banking sector.
09/30/2015
With a scale from 0 to 1, 0 means everyone in the society has the same wealth, while 1 means one person has everything and no one else has anything.
09/30/2015
S&P has not downgraded a bank's credit rating because of cyber security issues.
09/30/2015
Oxfam in a report published last January said that in 2013 the number of billionaires holding the same amount of wealth as the bottom 50% of the global population of 7bn was at 92.
09/30/2015
As China’s richest grow in number and accumulated wealth, they also are gaining sophistication.
09/30/2015
The uncertainty and mixed messages from Fed officials over the last week has helped push global equity markets to a two-year low.
09/29/2015
We’ve asked headhunters to select some of the top bankers currently helping to shape the private banking scene in Singapore and Hong Kong.
09/29/2015
In line with global trends, residential property continues to be the preferred choice for individual investors in Asia, rather than offices and retail premises.
09/28/2015
These include low mutual fund penetration rates, and a preference for capital protection
09/28/2015
After all, their raison d’être is to make financial services more efficient by increasing its reliance on technology and reducing its reliance on humans.
09/27/2015
The assessment is based on five categories — science and technology; labor & human capital; economics and growth; business operating environment; and financing environment.
09/25/2015
The prevailing belief is that family office compensation is made up from performance-based bonuses or tax benefits.
09/25/2015
As many as 10 of them saw their net worth dip by over $1 billion each in one year
09/25/2015
Guangzhoubased E Fund broke a fiveyear record this April w
09/24/2015
The bank has downgraded its forecast for two major economies within its sphere of influence: China and India.
09/24/2015
The Asian Development Bank is projecting China's growth rate to be at its lowest level in about 25 years