05/04/2015
AFTER a small recovery last year, Singapore has slipped back to drop even more in the 2015 AT Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index rankings - although investors still rate it among the world's most competitive and business-friendly econ
05/04/2015
Following is the speech by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, at the Belgian Business Leaders Luncheon in Brussels, Belgium today
05/04/2015
A looming supply shortage, rising rental yields and capital values are driving investments in commercial properties
05/04/2015
Here’s a list of some key strategies that banks can learn from their technology peers and adapt
04/30/2015
A new study has found that the satisfaction level of personal banking customers is up by 0.2% from February to equal the 20-year high of 82.9% recorded in January.
04/30/2015
STABLE growth in the number of wealthy people in Thailand has led the main players in wealth management to focus more on how to increase their share of money from their existing customers, according to Kasikornbank, the leader in the high-net-worth-indivi
04/30/2015
As regulatory burdens rise, wealth-management industry slims down customer rolls
04/29/2015
The administration was dealt an embarrassing political blow when the U.K., Germany, France and a host of other Western nations snubbed requests by Washington officials to sit out membership in the AIIB amid questions over the new institution’s stand
04/29/2015
Hong Kong wants to be new home for UK's HSBC
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that it would welcome the biggest bank in the U.K., HSBC, to move their global management center from London to Hong Kong.
04/29/2015
After decades in the wilderness, there are longterm domestic drivers at play to suggest that Japan’s exchangetraded fund market is bouncing back and luring foreign providers.
04/29/2015
Cultural awareness seen as key for Asian family offices
The increasing popularity of family offices in Asia means that managers will need to adapt to their needs and be aware of their desire for a handson approach, speakers tell AsianInvestor's Family Office Forum.
04/29/2015
After the privatization of two major public sector banks namely United Bank Limited and Habib Bank Limited in 2002 & 2004 respectively, the profitability of the Pakistan's banking sector has increased at an unprecedented rate.
04/29/2015
The public image of the financial advice profession is at a historic low, according to the latest Roy Morgan Image of Professions Survey 2015.
04/29/2015
State Street Global Advisors released global research today that highlights significant contradictions in investor behavior
04/28/2015
Asia’s infrastructure boom is helping to keep things moving
China is leading the way as it seeks to expand its influence in the region
04/28/2015
Deals on track to beat last year's near-$50 bln record
04/27/2015
The rupee too weakened to 64.5 to the dollar and is seen heading towards the 65 mark as demand for dollar post foreign institutional selling in equities surged.
04/27/2015
Equity accounts for higher proportion of assets than in bigger ones, shows Amfi data
04/27/2015
As global bond yields dry up, U.S. Treasurys become most viable alternative
04/27/2015
The economic centre of gravity has been shifting back to Asia, and much of Asia's success is owed to a remarkable generation of entrepreneurs whose vision and hard work lifted them, their families and their societies out of poverty.