09/03/2014
Despite its infancy, Sukuk has succeeded to attract a broad range of Islamic and non-Islamic investors worldwide; however one of the challenges facing Sukuk is their compliance risk due to the disparity in Shariah opinions and acceptance of Sukuk structur
09/02/2014
We see things improving in the market
09/02/2014
The Forbes 2014 ‘honour roll of the Fabulous 50′ lists best of Asia-Pacific’s biggest publicly traded companies.
09/02/2014
Local Expertise Vital
08/29/2014
Lights off on Singapore's billionaire row as luxury house prices plunge
New mortgage business at the country's lenders is up to 40 percent below 2013 levels, although the downturn is unlikely to show up in their balance sheets until next year as loans are typically agreed a year ahead of them starting to be drawn dow
08/29/2014
Singapore Banking Sector Robust; Regulation Evolving
Fitch Ratings says that the prudential and regulatory framework for banks in Singapore remains strong.
08/28/2014
What makes South Korea an attractive investment in my book?
08/28/2014
The ratings agency also took into account the risk profiles of DAMs’ subsidiaries in assessing their creditworthiness
08/27/2014
We think a proposed merger of Maybank Islamic and BIMB would be more appealing when it comes to creating a truly mega Islamic bank
08/26/2014
Asset managers running funds that don't meet a new AUM threshold are more likely to change strategy than liquidate the products so as to not spook investors, says the research house.
08/26/2014
Asia-Pacific investors are becoming less risk-averse and more willing to move up the risk curve.
08/26/2014
Study ranking the mainland's good, bad and least attractive cities reveals southern comforts
08/26/2014
Millionaire investors catch Australia's high-yield express
Besides Qantas, which lost its investment-grade rating earlier this year, most borrowers are small unrated businesses and are new to the bond market.
08/25/2014
The government has relaxed the foreign equity participation for Islamic banks, investment banks and insurance companies by up to 70 per cent foreign ownership.
08/22/2014
The gap between Hong Kong’s rich and the rest of the population is widening as surging asset prices shield the wealthy from an economic contraction.
08/22/2014
The survey found Japanese HNWIs with global portfolios have a more positive outlook on their returns
08/22/2014
More releases Accolades aplenty after Middletons Securities earns FPA Professional Practice announced about 1 month Annual product training linked to sales success, says Seeley International announced about 1 year Artisan San Remo pasta proves a perfec
08/20/2014
Top three positions continue to be captured by the same three fund houses
Independent financial advisors from 42 cities participated in this survey conducted last month and shared their insights on a wide range of business, market, products and asset management company partner confidence parameters.
08/20/2014
Key factors that remain at the forefront for any entity planning to lease, own, or operate property in emerging and frontier markets include transparency risks regarding the reliability and accessibility of information about property rights as well as cor
08/20/2014
Airtel is at No.2 spot; services businesses such as banking, telecom and insurance are prominent in the rankings