Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Adopt disciplined approach to retirement savings, says asset management firm CEO

The CEO pointed out this is compounded by Malaysians’ longer life expectancy with the average mortality rate currently at 75 years old.

Organizing for the future: Nine keys to becoming a future-ready company

The pressure to change had been building for years.

Hong Kong’s Tracker Fund Could See New Manager

According to the fund’s prospectus, there is a six-member supervisory committee that meets on a quarterly basis to oversee the Tracker Fund with supervision powers including the ability to change its manager.

Who Will Succeed HSBC’s Peter Wong?

The bank’s APAC head of wealth and personal banking Greg Hingston said last year that it intended to generate $185 billion in banking revenue from «the wealthiest urban cluster in China» by 2025.

QR code payments: Key opportunities, Regional Analysis & market forecast 2021-2025

The research report also assesses 15 leading QR code payment vendors across the market via a Juniper Research Leaderboard; providing a key resource for market stakeholders in understanding the evolution of the market going forward.

The future of banking: Lessons from the DBS takeover

Given the current economic environment, restoring health and solvency of India's banking system looks to be among the top priorities of our forward-looking government.

Market Views: How should instos approach investment insourcing?

The growing appetite among asset owners to bring portfolio management in-house is understandable, but the talent pool is already tight in Asia – and getting tighter.

Silver Linings Even in Adversity - Gary Dugan

The markets price a view that the vaccine's rollout will suppress the spread of the virus by the middle of this year.

Việt Nam to be among top growth performers again in 2021: HSBC

Inflation decelerated from 3.9 per cent in the first three quarters to 1.5 per cent in November compared to the same period of 2019 thanks to normalised goods prices and declined oil prices.

What's next for Jack Ma's fintech unicorn?

Data show an increasing correlation between the growth of consumer loans and retail sales in the country. Ant could potentially play an even larger role here than it is already doing, with more skin in the game.

The Big Picture in 2020

What did we learn during the crisis?

Get ready for a bumpy economic path in Q1

Investors should look through the bumpier start to the new economic cycle and focus on the improved earnings outlook and still supportive fiscal and monetary policy stance.

Recovery in Asia to boost Qatar’s exports

The forecast from central banks and government agencies show that all the major economies in Asia are expected to return to growth trajectory in 2021.

Singapore Changi Reinvents Itself for Return of Business Travel

Overseas visitors are big enabler of broader economic activity

Predictions and Hopes for 2021

For the retail investor, the digitalisation and fractionalisation of previously illiquid assets such as real estate and private equity are likely to make them much more accessible for even less-wealthy individuals in the future.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma suspected missing

Ma was supposed to be part of the judging, but was replaced by an Alibaba executive in the November final, UK’s Telegraph reported.

Japan's latest push for more workforce diversity challenges megabank culture

Japan's banking industry is still "a male's society," said Toyoki Sameshima, a senior analyst at SBI Securities Co.

China’s rich face million dollar question: stay and risk losing assets, or face the coronavirus abroad?

The number of rich Chinese moving abroad to safeguard their financial assets has grown in recent years

Singapore economy shrinks 5.8% in 2020

In the fourth quarter, the economy shrank by 3.8 per cent year on year, after a revised 5.6 per cent drop in the third quarter, as more coronavirus related curbs on economic activities were lifted.

THAILAND: Debt levels are a time bomb

Rising domestic household debt can be mainly attributed to the sluggish economy and a virus crisis in which a fresh wave will likely only heap more financial pressure on the nation.

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