Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

A 'Beijing Woods' alternative

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a welcome development, creating an Asian-focused alternative to Bretton Woods institutions to meet pressing needs in infrastructure financing.

The DNA of a CFO – do you have what it takes?

CFOs need strategic planning skills, a proactive approach and the ability to cooperate with the sales function in order to succeed in the top finance job, according to one-on-one interviews with 145 CFOs by recruiting experts Hays.

Asian bankers facing $43b in dead deals after oil plunge

It's a tough time to be an investment banker in Southeast Asia.

Banks don’t hold the future of banking: Akamai exec

Who does? Those who are young, agile and unencumbered by regulations

Existing banks run helter-skelter to retain customer as small banks enter the fray

The heads of Axis Bank and HDFC Bank are among those preparing for a world of finance which, in a few years from now, could be radically different.

Singapore offers “unapologetic luxury” with $97K in disposable HHI: report

Singaporeans are the wealthiest consumers in all of Asia

Malaysians urged to invest amid current technical correction Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Seeing the technical correction in the stock market as a "usual" phase annually, he said the current weaker market environment coupled with the easing of the ringgit and lower oil prices should augur well for market players to invest.

Asia’s Rich Know Less Than They Think

Investors with less money actually know (5.9 on a 10-point scale) slightly more than they think they know (5.7)

Graying Populations Driving Change

Institutional space in Asia ex-Japan opening up as regulators seek to head off pension crisis

Hedge Funds Lend More in Asia

Nervousness among investors creates opportunity to serve cash-strapped companies

China-UAE trade to hit 100 bln USD in 2015: association

Bilateral trade between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reach 100 billion yuan (around 16 billion U.S. dollars) this year

Mainland Tycoon Tops Li Ka-shing As Asia's Richest Man In Latest China Milestone

Wang’s rise marks the first time that an individual born, raised and resident in the mainland since the Communist Party came to power in 1949

PE Panorama: Pressure piles up on GPs

Two recent high-profile articles point out the difficulties that those poor struggling buyout kings face in today’s highly priced and highly competitive M&A markets.

SSgA appointed to rebuild Findex investment strategy

The group's chief investment officer Kieran Canavan said that Findex is looking to bring certain services in-house, including managed discretionary account administration and research services.

Indian Tech Billionaire Tops Wealth-X List Of Asia's Wealthiest Entrepreneurs Under 40

Arun Pudur, the owner and president of software firm Celframe, takes the title of Asia's wealthiest entrepreneur under the age of 40 with an estimated net worth of US$4 billion

Asean’s new consumer class could change the financial world

Southeast Asia’s economic boom is creating a new middle class

Banks compete to hire bilingual China-savvy analysts

China’s stock trading fever is spreading to Hong Kong’s job market, as banks and brokers scramble to sign up analysts capable of bridging the gap between China and the global investment community.

UBS defends change to report on Australian power privatisation

UBS has defended its decision to amend a research report into the partial sale of an Australian electricity network — a client of its investment bank

Singapore firms rush to Myanmar, a slice of good life in hand

A distinguishing feature of the second wave of Singapore companies moving into Myanmar is their decidedly lifestyle bent

BSP found most predictable Southeast Asian central bank

THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas has so far been the most successful among four central banks in Southeast Asia in communicating policy to the market, enabling the latter to better anticipate conditions ahead, according to American financial giant Goldman

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