05/10/2019
Pictet Details Asian Wealth Plans
The wealth veteran noted Indonesia offers significant opportunities for wealth managers, especially since authorities launched a tax amnesty programme in 2016.
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05/10/2019
10 wealth managers' top emerging markets picks
The Fed's volte face on US dollar appreciation has put a following wind behind EM: readers name their top allocation call of the year
05/10/2019
World’s rich put a third of funds into cash as trade war simmers
​According to a UBS survey released on May 7, 32% of high-net-worth portfolios are in cash.
05/10/2019
OCBC posts 11% rise in Q1 profit to S$1.23b
The last of the three local banks to report Q1 results, OCBC said total income for the first quarter rose 15 per cent to S$2.68 million, from S$2.33 billion a year ago.
05/09/2019
Penny stock crash: First private bank rep takes stand, reveals losses
The account was opened for trading investments supported by lending provided by Coutts with shares in Blumont Group Ltd and Asiasons Capital Ltd provided as margin security.
05/09/2019
Private Banking: Seven Recommendations to Stop the Rot
The fall in equity prices brought back memories of last fall, when investors sold off their assets.
05/09/2019
CreditEase Wealth Management Wins Two Best Wealth Manager Awards
The participants are required to be Chinese wealth management agencies, private banks or foreign-funded institutions operating in China.
05/08/2019
Adding Value and Enhancing the Offering as Private Wealth in Thailand Surges
Addressing the state of the wealth management industry first, Supornpaibul observes that the market is far more active than ever before, with participants focusing most of their energies on chasing down the onshore money rather than the offshore funds.
05/08/2019
Islamic wealth management holds plenty of opportunities
To put that in perspective, assets under management of the wealth management division of Malaysia’s Maybank, one of the largest banks in Southeast Asia, was $8.14bn in 2018 for both conventional and Islamic wealth management.
05/08/2019
Aligning the Stars: How Indosuez Wealth Management Aims to Offer the Best of Both Worlds
In Indosuez Wealth Management’s view, de Boer notes that the first quarter of 2019 has been a reaction to what was an over-reaction to the downside of the final quarter of 2018.
05/08/2019
Hong Kong’s Wealth Managers Lack Chutzpah to Charge for Advice
Private banking clients in Hong Kong have been accustomed to free advice, despite significant and growing investments made into market research, product selection and a myriad of platforms.
05/07/2019
Four Chinese tycoons just transferred US$17 billion of their wealth to trusts as government toughens up tax regime
The moves come as China’s super rich brace for the possibility of the government going after the wealthy to push through tax cuts for the masses this year.
05/07/2019
The Bank of East Asia, Limited Awarded as Best Private Bank in China by Global Brands Magazine
BEA has won "The Best Private Bank, Greater China", by significantly contributing to the way Banking is done by individuals.
05/06/2019
Asia’s Self-Directed Investing Legacy Weighs on DPM’s Prospects
Self-directed trading is pervasive among Asia’s private investors and its long-lasting legacy is dimming the near-term prospects of discretionary portfolio management in the region.
05/06/2019
Forrests give $1.5b in challenge to Asia's rich
The Australian Financial Review Rich List last year named Mr Forrest,
05/06/2019
Julius Baer seeks M&A deals across Asian markets
Swiss private bank eyes targets in Middle East, India and China, CEO says, as global wealth management industry primes for consolidation
05/06/2019
Fidelity remains bullish on China assets
Although the fund managers make asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions and monitor the risk, they leave the bottom-up stock and bond analysis to Fidelity’s specialists.
05/05/2019
Transforming the HNW Client Experience in Asia-Pacific by Steve D'Souza
Making the transition from manual-to-digital onboarding will allow private banks to reduce their time-to-revenue
05/03/2019
Wealth Management Clients Want Simple and Connected Solutions
More people are willing to pay for financial advice, but what clients value is changing rapidly.
05/03/2019
Solving the Corporate Actions Paradox – Reducing Risk, Increasing Efficiency whilst Improving Services
The industry response to this risk and complexity has been to establish best practice, but this has introduced the paradox that risk can be reduced, efficiency increased, and services improved, but rarely all together.