Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Online Platforms Stir China's Distribution Landscape

e channel has hit the forefront as an alternative to commercial banks, but faces challenges

Demand For Global Citizenship Programmes Primarily From Mideast, But Asia Is The Next Frontier

These are some of the key findings of a joint special report released today by Wealth-X, the world’s leading UHNW intelligence and prospecting firm, and Arton Capital, the global citizenships experts, at a Dubai forum on global citizenships.

Singapore becomes yuan's largest offshore clearing center

Singapore has overtaken London as the largest clearing center for China's domestic currency outside of China and Hong Kong

Mutual fund data in India can be double-edged, creating uncertainties about prospects for the market

After corporates, high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) accounted for 28.1% of mutual fund AUM at end-September 2013.

Need for Global Philanthropy Extremely Urgent

The answers were analysed using three main criteria

AUSTRALIA: Consumers reluctant to use online advice

As many as 75% of Australians were open to conducting wealth management online

66% of Chinese planning Internet finance investment

Some 55.4 percent of the respondents admitted they do not know much about the way Internet finance funds operate

Singapore is a Good Place to Set up a Trust

Singapore offers all that and more, including a legal framework which facilitates trusts as well as licensed trust companies to be established.”

Philippines among 10 emerging economies

Growth in BRICS was slowing down, despite favorable trends for consumption

Philippines: Huge 2013 net profits seen difficult to surpass in 2014

This tempered optimism was likewise evident among peer CFOs across the Asia-Pacific

Are PH banks ready for Asean? S&P shows 'the good, the bad and the ambivalent'

Are Philippine banks ready for Asean integration?

Billionaires fuel business jet sales in China

China's business jet market is set to grow 23% a year as the number of the country's multi-billionaires is set to double, reports our sister paper Want Dail

Malaysian billionaire looks east for luxury car sales

He hopes to cash in on the rise of a new class of super-wealthy Asians enamoured with western brands such as Aston Martin, Bentley and Ferrari.

CHINA: Private investment up by 13.3 pct in 2013

The middle class's most popular investment products are banking products, real estate and stocks

Ossiam, CSI partner on index construction

CSI has selected Ossiam as the proven alternative-weighted index asset management expert

TAIWAN: Financial firms start year strong

The nation’s 15 publicly listed financial holding companies got off to a strong start this year with combined profit expanding by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, supported by stable income growth in banks and brokerages.

Salary Divergence

Foreign asset managers in Japan spend significantly more on salaries and bonuses than local asset managers

IMF latest to warn of Hong Kong banks' growing mainland exposure

The International Monetary Fund has warned of Hong Kong banks' rising exposure to mainland debt, saying loan growth to mainland entities has been "rapid" and now comprises 19 per cent of local institutions' total assets - excluding loa

Opportunities And Challenges Abound For Yacht Industry In Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is still a new and uncharted market for the yachting industry, presenting huge opportunities as well as complex challenges for companies seeking to grow their business

Wealth Structuring 20:20 by Appleby Global

A feature publication that aims to tap into the issues facing high net worth individuals and their advisers

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