Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Apple the king of the brands as Chinese move into the top

MTN, the only brand from Africa to have cracked the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, has dropped off the dollar-based chart after three years due to rand weakness

How SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya uses technology and recovery to give the bank a new-age makeover

Locating bank back offices in low-cost locations like India would seem a no-brainer.

Wealthy Chinese get green light to invest money directly in global sharemarkets

Beijing is preparing to relax restrictions on foreign stock purchases by individuals giving China's retail investors greater access to the Australian equities market.

First Taiwan Billionaire of 2015 Minted on Shanghai Stock Surge

The company, which makes systems that control plastic-molding machines, jumped 10 percent to 55.90 yuan at the close in Shanghai on Wednesday, the highest price since its initial public offering in March.

What’s next for Asia’s private funds market?

As recent figures have shown, after a two-year slump, Asia Pacific’s private equity sector registered its best-ever performance in 2014

Hong Kong 'still top choice for China's rich' investing outside the mainland and overseas

Investors drawn to city’s low tax, shared culture and financial expertise, according to poll

ACCA and IMA Find Global Economy Improving

The largest economic survey of professional accountants in the world

Asian Hedge Funds Continue To Dominate HSBC Rankings

Half of the top ten best performing hedge funds year to date have a focus in Asia

Financing Asian tycoons hits banking’s sweet spots

Lucrative and growing business tempts investment banks

Mud Sticks Reputation Management For Families In Asia

Twitter hashtags were created and newspaper editorials criticised her entitlement.

Invesco Perpetual Japan Fund research update

Exporters could also benefit from the relative strength of the US economy as higher levels of disposable income create a greater demand for Japanese imports.

Tougher pension rules a good move, say Aussies

Workers and pensioners have given a firm thumbs-up to the federal Budget’s tightening of the age pension

Asia aging shields bonds from global rout as deflation in focus

While Japan had the highest portion of people aged over 65 in the continent at 25.8 percent, its neighbours are catching up

Hiring in banking sector likely to rise up to 25 per cent in 2015

Hiring in banking sector is expected to go up to 25 per cent this year on the back of a growing economy, policy overhauls and improved business sentiments in the country, say industry experts.

Number of foreign investors hits 40,000

As of the end of March, individual and institutional investors rose by 5.1 percent from 38,168 a year earlier to 40,122.

Chinese wealthy continue to rise

Unlike in Europe and the US, where fortunes have been passed on to next generations through family businesses, the Chinese often made their own fortunes.

Fortescue's future bleak after China-Vale deal, say fund managers

Two of Australia's top fund managers have painted a bleak picture for Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group and other smaller iron ore players, suggesting a further drop in iron ore prices could be fatal.

Hawksford Singapore Releases Singapore Business Formation Statistics Q1 2015

The latest report by Hawksford Singapore reveals that 2015 has kicked off with a soft start compared to previous quarters, but Singapore remains a fertile environment that is attracting entrepreneurs, investors and enterprises alike.

Kstar Couple's Wealth Passes $1 Bln Amid Optimism About Renewables

Shenzhen Kstar Science and Technology makes uninterruptible power supply equipment

Don't penalize us for using AIIB, says Cambodian minister

Sun expressed his hope that neither the World Bank nor the ADB would "penalize" countries that use funding from the AIIB.

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