Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Riding the Real Estate Boom

The soaring Asian interest in Australian real estate boosted property tycoons across the board but none more so than flamboyant Sydney developer Harry Triguboff.

Hong Kong financial sector lacks human capital

Hong Kong’s financial services industry is suffering from a deficit in human capital

Gen Y saving habits reveal advice opportunity

On average they saved $943 each month versus $908 for the rest of the population.

UBS says Asia's rich show less love for Aussie

Asia's wealthy are falling out of love with the Aussie dollar as record-low yields and sustained declines persuade them to look elsewhere

Family-owned businesses in Singapore least prepared for succession in South-east Asia

Two hundred and fifty companies in five countries - Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore - were surveyed for the report.

Singapore's Family-Owned Businesses Least Prepared For Succession

Family businesses in Singapore are among the least prepared in Southeast Asia for what will happen after the current business leader retires or steps down

CI Investments and Signature Global Asset Management open research office in Hong Kong

"The new office will play a vital role in building on our relationships in Asia, with both the companies we research and our partners in the financial services industry," Mr. Bushell said.

CI Investments and Signature Global Asset Management open research office in Hong Kong

CI Investments Inc. and Signature Global Asset Management today announced the establishment of an office in Hong Kong to lead Signature's investment research in China and the rest of Asia.

Hong Kong tycoon's M&A spree promises bumper year for Asia banks

Li's companies have single-handedly led the deal flurry.

Chinese fund firms flag local, foreign plans

One-third of mainland mutual fund houses and one-fifth of private asset managers plan foreign expansion, finds a new survey.

Why regulatory careers are now hotter than ever in Asian banking

MAS regulatory reporting is becoming an even more critical function

Bankers bolt from bulge bracket to boutiques in Asia

This year could see a record number of analysts and associates move from budge-bracket to boutique banks in Asia as junior investment bankers lose their traditional reluctance to leave large IBDs.

Allocations to real estate set to spiral

A new survey on expected trends in the non-listed real estate funds industry claims that investors’ allocation to global real estate will continue to grow in 2015

Japan Welfare Minister at Odds With Abe Administration Over Pension Fund

Yasuhisa Shiozaki Avoids Commenting on GPIF’s New CIO

PwC launches 18th Global CEO Survey results in Davos, Switzerland

Fewer CEOs than last year think global economic growth will improve over the next 12 months, though confidence in their ability to achieve revenue growth in their own companies remains stable, say the more than 1,300 CEOs interviewed in PwC's 18th An

Investors keen about global real estate; Tokyo top destination in 2015

Investors intend to increase the weightings of real estate in their portfolios, with the average allocation expected to rise to 11.3 per cent from 10.8 per cent

Australians live thirteen years longer than their means:study

New research reveals Australians face 13 year shortfall in retirement funding.

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.

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

Cheung Kong restructuring unlocks 'easy money' but highlights flaws

Be careful what you wish for in financial restructurings because you may actually get it

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