07/06/2015
Let banking be fun, not fear
Let the banking customers in India have some fun; far too long, they have lived in awe of bankers
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/06/2015
Private Equity firms invest $4 billion in Apr-Jun quarter: Report
The latest figures take the total PE investments in 2015 to $6.87 billion through 288 transactions, 53 per cent more than the $4,480 million across 252 transactions in the first six months of 2014.
07/06/2015
Oversupply in Chennai’s Realty Market Prompts Private Equities to Bet on Debt Deals
There is an increasing trend where private equity investors in India rely on debt deals to pursue projects, given that home sales are slowing down in the Chennai property market.
07/06/2015
Hong Kong Private Sector Contracts At Slower Pace In June
Private sector output decreased for the third straight month in June but the rate of contraction eased marginally since May's solid pace.
07/04/2015
Foreign investors dump Philippine shares at record speed
The net selling in the second quarter was a reversal of net foreign buying of 28.3 billion pesos a year earlier and 48.9 billion pesos in the first quarter.
07/03/2015
Independent research house, Fat Prophets, on expansion trail
The platform, www.superprophets.com.au, offers complete superannuation options, including the establishment and ongoing accounting and administration of a new or existing SMSF.
07/02/2015
Wealth-X Reveals: The Top 10 Wealthiest Jewellers In India
T. S. Kalayanaraman, the chairman and managing director of Kalyan Jewellers, claimed the top spot on a Wealth-X list of India’s wealthiest jewellers released today with a personal fortune of US$1.3 billion.
07/02/2015
The Philippines: A Safe Haven for Investors
That happy country is the Philippines.
07/02/2015
Potential Return Matters the Least to Asians When Buying Retirement Products
66% of Asian investors consider free gifts the most important factor in their purchase of financial products for retirement, while 41% consider potential returns least important
07/02/2015
Peer-to-peer lending no threat to banks
Australians could be borrowing an estimated $22 billion from each other rather than banks within five years, but experts say the rise of peer-to-peer lending shouldn't bother the country's major banks.
07/01/2015
Will Corporate Governance Be Big In Japan?
There is hope that a transition to a more market based engagement approach will encourage businesses in Japan
07/01/2015
The fund manager who's betting China's currency will fall
James Clunie of Jupiter Asset Management thinks China may devalue the renminbi, a massive move that would rock stock markets.
06/30/2015
GenX continues to be unhappy with major banks
A recent Roy Morgan survey on consumer satisfaction reveals that the GenX and millennial demographics record low satisfaction levels with the major banks.
06/30/2015
Will Corporate Governance be big in Japan?
The global investment manager, suggests that improvements in corporate governance at Japanese companies have the potential to raise the value of the Japanese stock market by 15% to 30%
06/30/2015
Trust Insider: understanding Witan Pacific's disappearing discount
It is also different in that, like its much larger stablemate, Witan, it is run as a multi-manager fund.
06/29/2015
China's banks dominate rankings for profits, strength
China's banks are strengthening their position as the best capitalised and biggest profit makers in the world, a study showed on Monday.
06/29/2015
Big four banks most profitable in developed world: BIS
Australian banks were not as profitable as those from the emerging markets Brazil and China
06/29/2015
HSBC retains place as top 10 bank
The UK's largest bank HSBC has clung on to a place in the world's top 10 banks, in a year which saw the global banking model under increasing threat.
06/29/2015
Regulatory requirements top challenge for 79% of financial services institutions - Deloitte
85 percent of financial institutions from around the world reported that their boards of directors currently devote more time to oversight of risk than they did two years ago
06/29/2015
How will investors profit from IMF adding Chinese yuan to basket?
It now seems likely the yuan will be included in the International Monetary Fund currency basket come October when a decision is expected, but how can investors profit from this move?