01/19/2015

Asia’s richest to cling onto wealth for longer

Asia’s ultra-high-net-worth-individuals are expected to hang onto their wealth for longer, as succession planning becomes an increasingly pertinent issue among this investor demographic elsewhere in the world.

01/19/2015

Governance lessons from Pope Francis

There is also the reality that even those Cardinals and bishops with good intentions do not have the earthly skills of managing money

01/18/2015

Why China Has Become So Big In Africa

Across Africa, radio call-in programmes are buzzing with tales of Africans, usually men, bemoaning the loss of their spouses and partners to rich Chinese men.

01/14/2015

Tycoon’s asset move causes needless worry

Rumors are running wild that Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing is set to move his assets out of Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, with some considering this as an indication of a vast devaluation to yuan denominated assets.

01/12/2015

Advisers looking overseas for growth

Based on a survey of 768 financial advisers, the report suggests that Australian investors' faith in Australian shares will decline over the next 12 months.

01/07/2015

Year of the Asian regulator

China has agreed in principal to the terms of an intergovernmental agreement with US tax authorities to exchange information about one another’s tax payers on a reciprocal basis.

01/07/2015

The Sukuk spark

These were one-off issuances, and issuers have not made firm declarations of establishing an ongoing programme