Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

In China, Bragging About Your Wealth Can Get You Censored

Online posts by users showing off their receipts, over-ordering food or scattering money have been deemed vulgar. Regulators say such content leads young people astray.

More women promoted, but hurdles remain in S. Korea's finance

The nation’s No.2 banking group by total assets, Shinhan Financial Group recently carried out a leadership reshuffle that put women in charge of its digitalization.

Sumitomo Mitsui CEO Jun Ohta still looking for more acquisition targets

Ohta’s also interested in American retail banking, and said he may consider entering online lending in the U.S. as a way to secure a position in that market.

The family business: Planning ahead to pass down the family wealth

At the heart of the wealth creation in the region are the family businesses in Southeast Asia.

Exclusive interview between CREALOGIX and Guy Callaghan, CEO of Banjo Loans, on the SME Banking landscape

Larger banking legacy systems aren’t always capable of extracting data from the right range of different sources to understand the financial position of a company.

Nikko AM: On the Ground in Asia-Monthly Insights

We are slightly cautious on rates markets and expect Indonesian bonds to outperform.

Digital Transformation – Are Asia’s Private Banks and Wealth Management Firms on Track to Realise their Hopes and Visions?

The panel also looked into the obvious pitfalls and tricky nuances of implementing and executing these decisions so that these often very significant technology investments are not wasted by not taking the right approach to digitalisation.

Singapore’s GIC sees opportunities in China real estate sector, report says

“We have been actually invested for a long time already…Structurally, it definitely has a place in our portfolio… Probably a bigger place down the road,”

Central Banks In Action Mode

The Bank of England raised interest rates last week in an abrupt U-turn. At the previous meeting, the BoE’s monetary policy committee had voted 7-2 in favour of no action.

SSGA underweights China

The Boston-based firm sees the Sino-US rivalry and China’s regulatory tightening as major risks in the country.

The national and global tax trends that will shape ’22

With rules regarding digital economy taxation around the corner, 2022 will be a key year for digital taxes

Southeast Asian Investors Reveal High-Risk Appetite Amid Pandemic

As a whole, Southeast Asians (40 percent) were more willing to allocate to high-risk asset investments, such as crypto or sector-specific funds, compared to their global peers (37 percent).

People are moving on; be part of their normal

After two years of acute economic and social instability, it’s still too soon to say that the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us.

'Building Talent to Fuel the Future of Financial Services' - Keynote Speech by Dr Tan See Leng

MAS will also continually refine iPost to ensure its relevance to FIs.

UK and Australia sign world-class trade deal

The UK and Australia have today signed an historic trade deal.

Digitally Engage Members with Mobile Technology

Members can view current and historical balances for multiple accounts including super and pensions, their contributions, transaction history and fees.

Labuan IBFC can become platform to expand digital islamic finance - Tengku Zafrul

Taking advantage of Malaysia’s striving dual financial system, my aspiration is for Labuan IBFC to provide not only conventional offerings

Philippine audit report says pension fund SSS’ net loss widens 31.5% in 2020

The fund also incurred higher expenses last year. “On the expenditure side, SSS posted an increase of 13.33% in 2020 mainly due to increase of expenses related to the recognition of provision for insurance contract liability,” the report says.

2021: A year of business reinvention and rebirth

Many firms were exposed by the delay in digital transformation accumulated over the recent years

Labuan FSA : Marking a Sterling Milestone in the 25-year journey of Transformation and Growth

Labuan FSA’s vision for Labuan to be a vibrant and forward looking IBFC with an Asian focus, is still valid today.

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