12/26/2014
UBS has forecast growth to hit six percent next year but to slow down to 5.8 percent in 2016. The forecasts are both below the government’s seven-to eightpercent target for next year and the 7.5-to 8.5-percent goal for 2016.
12/25/2014
India will look at removing Cyprus from the blacklist of countries that do not share details about tax evaders after examining information given the island nation.
12/24/2014
According to market watchers, interest rate normalisation is expected to help lift margins. However, the tight regulatory environment and domestic property cooling measures could put even more pressure on loans growth.
12/23/2014
ANZ and National Australia Bank, BNZ's owner, were named the pick of the bunch for people wanting to invest in financial stocks
12/23/2014
Tracking the flow of global investment funds is a tricky business. But the ringgit's recent sharp depreciation against the U.S. dollar has led to suggestions by some economists that as much as 70 billion ringgit stands to flow out of the country, lar
12/23/2014
Lending growth will not be the main challenge for bankers in 2015, but instead national reform, rapid changes in customer behaviour, and a low supply of talented people will be major factors, they say.
12/23/2014
Segmenting the Asia-Pacific wealth management industry on the basis of wealth band, the report analyzes two broad categories: higher-income countries and lower-income countries.
12/23/2014
China and India are potentially at the forefront of this trend towards improving ‘public’ goods and services
12/23/2014
We chose to list in Singapore instead of the usual Luxemburg
12/23/2014
Bond sales in Asia are expected to trump this year’s record issuance in 2015 as Chinese companies look abroad for acquisitions and funding, according to UBS Group AG.
12/23/2014
Europe is straining just to grow. So is Brazil. Japan has slid into recession. China is trying to manage a slowdown. Russia foresees a recession next year.
12/23/2014
When Takahiro Mitani’s term as head of the world’s largest retirement fund finishes in March, so too will the old era of Japanese pension management.
12/23/2014
To everybody’s surprise, this year started off with most emerging markets regaining their ground lost in 2013 due to ‘taper tantrums’.
12/22/2014
Regulatory hurdles have kept out a large swathe of the investment community
12/22/2014
"Essentially if you don't like skiing, you'll have to learn to like it or go somewhere else."
12/22/2014
While top life insurance companies are seeing an uptick in unit-linked insurance products, private life insurer Max Life is looking at it cautiously.
12/22/2014
The Roundtable participants also agreed that SME financing and equity stock picking are top opportunities that will remain for at least another decade.
12/22/2014
Members of the Trusts & Estates Investment Committee held their annual meeting to discuss significant developments in 2014 and how the market will play out.
12/21/2014
Aberdeen has a strong reputation for excellence in different investment strategies across equities, fixed income, solutions and property.
12/19/2014
The development of the Islamic Capital Market has been strengthened in Malaysia in recent years, but the industry still faces challenges and needs to define its future strategy.