03/06/2014
Emerging markets have been having a rough ride recently. While advanced economies have picked up speed, emerging markets have been slowing down, posing challenges for international investors and businesses.
03/06/2014
In our recent ESCAPE index* report Malaysia performed well, ranking 14th out of our sample of 42 countries. We caught up with Patrick Tay, Economics Advisory, PwC Malaysia
03/05/2014
Singaporeans will swear they knew this already – it costs an arm and a leg to live in the city-state
The World’s Most Expensive City Now Sits in Southeast Asia
03/05/2014
The inclusion of 'style' managers such as 'value' or 'quality' as core drivers within an equity portfolio can potentially improve an investor’s long-term returns.
03/05/2014
Number of People With More Than $30 million in Net Assets Also Rose
03/05/2014
More than 30% of those polled expect revenue to rise by more than 10% in Q1 2014, the report shows.
03/05/2014
Singapore is poised to surpass Tokyo as the Asian city with the most ultra-high-net-worth individuals within a decade as its stature as a financial center increases with the region’s growth.
03/03/2014
There are now 46 billionaires in the world who have derived most of their wealth from managing hedge funds.
02/26/2014
Real estate remained the most lucrative road to riches in China last year
02/26/2014
Some banks in China see their greatest competitors not as traditional financial institutions, but modern Internet-based firms such as Tencent and Alibaba. Once deregulation occurs, these firms will race to control the market, resulting in an irreversible
02/25/2014
We’re seeing a rise in the high-end of wealth in the rest of the world
02/25/2014
The report, titled "Long-Run Investment Ambitions and Short-Run Investment Processes," finds long-term asset management challenges and increasing risk management in real estate investments.
02/25/2014
Hedge funds launched in Asia in 2013 raised a fifth less than a year before as more managers launched funds with smaller sizes
02/24/2014
After Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym “BRIC” to refer to top emerging markets Brazil, Russia, India and China, he has now popularized “MINT” – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey as a second category.
02/24/2014
The rich-poor gap is widening at a slower pace, but wealth is still concentrated in a small number, survey center director Gan Li was quoted as saying.
02/24/2014
Although expectations for government bond yields continue to be near historic lows and concerns about low growth persist.
02/24/2014
Global assets under management (AuM) will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, says a PwC report released today. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.
02/24/2014
Cerulli Associates expects that distribution will continue to be dominated by local banks and securities firms. Our research shows that nine of Korea's 10 largest asset managers have an affiliated bank or brokerage in the list of the 10 largest mutua
02/19/2014
Asset management firms that decide to take on this business will likely have to wait it out for scale
02/19/2014
The investment bank said that while it's important to remember that some countries in the region suffer the worst cases of poverty, the rise of Asian wealth which powers luxury sales, for example, has been stupendous.