Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Bank advises on what its Islamic credit card cannot buy

Besides purchase of liquor, these Islamic credit cards cannot be used for dating services, lotteries and in casinos.

Financial planner salaries expected to rise 23%

Across the banking and financial services industry in general – the most sought after individuals in 2021 were risk and compliance professionals, credit and lending professionals, and investment analysts and specialists.

COVID has worsened inequality even as the rich thrive: Oxfam

Rising inequality means it could take at least 14 times longer for the number of people living in poverty to return to pre-pandemic levels than it took for the fortunes of the top 1,000, mostly White male, billionaires to bounce back.

In the coming economy, M&A strategies emerging as a big deal

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Will KB manage to achieve profit in Myanmar?

"We are going to develop our expertise in digital banking and housing finance and make efforts to become a leading lender there,"

Bank of Japan Preview: Forecast from seven major banks

“We do not expect any policy changes from the Bank of Japan despite a renewed state of emergency in half of the country.“

Singapore is second most preferred city for cross-border investments: Survey

The report noted that Singapore is emerging as a viable alternative to Hong Kong among companies establishing Asia-Pacific headquarters.

The year of the renminbi?

After years of poor policy and political tumult in the United States, it is not unreasonable to ask whether China's currency will soon be in a position to challenge the greenback. While neither country has been doing itself any favours in the currenc

Singapore trading platform iSTOX raises $66m in round led by Japanese state-backed firms

The tokenisation process represents converting rights to an underlying asset class such as shares of unlisted into a unique digital form, which then becomes eligible for trading.

Does financial services have a problem with women?

Senator Deborah O'Neill used parliamentary privilege to share the story of another female AMP employee who claimed to have experienced harassment and discrimination.

Global bank accounts broaden your toolkit to navigate uncertainty

Some countries have been dealing with the pandemic better than others, and hence were able to stabilize and start to recover in the second half of last year.

2021 expected to be banner year for Kakao Bank, Toss

Kakao Bank is opting to rely partially on existing players for certain products.

Asian Fixed Income Monthly - Nikko AM

Local currency debt with higher carry favoured

Malaysia’s new Covid-19 lockdown, emergency may attract foreign funds, some say

“There is still value in the Malaysian market and I do expect foreign fund managers to take advantage of these, albeit in a more cautious approach,”

China stays in the sweet spot - Bank of Singapore

Strong activity, peaking credit growth and very low inflation will allow the People’s Bank of China to keep benchmark interest rates unchanged.

Strong appetite for Asia-Pacific real estate

Sydney and Melbourne remain top investment destinations in region, survey finds

Singapore asset managers upbeat on global growth, see stronger local dollar

Two-thirds of respondents expect the US dollar to fall more than 5% against the Singapore dollar this year.

Global investors keen on Asia real estate, survey finds

The survey was conducted in late 2020 by ANREV, the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles, and the Pension Real Estate Association.

Two early favorites in race for HSBC top Asia position

He was popular among investors and analysts covering HSBC

Indonesia to sell bigger global sukuk in first half of 2021

The sovereign sukuk in June 2020 was a $2.5 billion wakalah global paper in three tranches.

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