Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Hong Kong lags behind on the percentage of female directors on the boards of listed companies

HKICS issues a 'Call to Action' for regulatory imposition of a 30% target to be achieved over a six-year period for Hong Kong

International Women's Day Summit 2021: Amplifying Her Voice

Global investment into women led companies has reached an all-time low during 2020.

Ranks of super-rich set to grow in Philippines

The number of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) in the Philippines, or those with more than $30 million (around P1.5 billion), will likely increase by 35% in the five years to 2025.

The digital future is coming at us faster than ever before

Digitalization can transform economies and lives.

Jack Ma loses title as China's richest man after coming under Beijing's scrutiny

Chinese regulators also began to tighten their grip on the fintech sector and have asked Ant to fold some of its businesses into a financial holding company to be regulated like traditional financial firms.

SPAC: Coming Soon to Hong Kong?

Rival hub Singapore could list SPACs as early as this year, according to Loh Boon Chye, chief executive of SGX which is undergoing an overall expansion of its offerings.

Headhunting Vet Launches Search Firm in Hong Kong

Chung has over a decade of experience in the executive search industry with a particular focus on private banking in Asia.

China 'worried' about bubbles in property, foreign markets, says bank regulator

Asia stocks tumbled and US futures declined on Mr Guo's comments.

World Bank: Vietnam a trusted economic model as Asian economies are failing to innovate in line with growth

Countries that decades ago were low-wage factory hubs

Hong Kong’s Richest Joins Blank-Cheque Boo

Although Asia has been a limited contributor thus far, Goldman Sachs estimates that it and other non-U.S. markets are set to raise $300 billion of M&A capital from such vehicles in the coming two years.

Global banks looking to Chinese mainland market amid sweeping push for financial opening

UBS increased its shareholding in UBS Securities to 51 percent in December 2018 to become the first foreign bank to gain a majority control of a securities joint venture in China.

Patrick Odier: «Asian Clients Want Their Money Onshore»

It was a good year for us in Asia as well which confirmed the favorable development of 2018 and 2019.

Malaysia fund management assets up 10% in 2020 on bond and stock gains

The stock and bond gains were largely driven by a recovery of investor sentiment in the second half of the year after markets were roiled earlier by the pandemic.

ANZ Institutional ranked #1 for relationship quality in Asia four years in a row

ANZ’s Institutional business has maintained its No. 1 position for overall quality in relationships across Asia for the fourth consecutive year, according to the latest Greenwich Associates Large Corporate Banking study.

Majority of Singaporeans forced to reduce savings due to pandemic

The middle aged were the most impacted with 30% of 45-54-year olds saying they had had to reduce their savings with a further 12% saying they had lost their income.

Two faces of Covid-19 impact

Measuring the pandemic’s impact on social values, emotions and priorities in 24 countries

KPMG eyeing growth in Salesforce consulting and implementation

Leading the local charge is Alex Moreno – who joined the firm as partner in August 2020, taking charge of a freshly established Salesforce capability.

Australia has the world’s most successful pension system, study finds

What it means is the total funds under management in our superannuation system increased by that amount

Fund Times

McKenzie adds that the Asia-Pacific investment fund industry as a whole is undergoing significant adaptation as a result of the pandemic.

Banking on the unbanked

There are a number of interesting movements taking place across the region to address this issue.

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