Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Swiss group acquires stake in local wealth firm

The investment forms a long-term strategic partnership, with the aim of boosting revenues and profits.

Singapore is a Fountain of Wealth and Leading Wealth Management Hub. Will It Continue to Be?

Over the past five years, Fintech has enjoyed a boom and wealth management clients have become increasingly accustomed to online offerings.

Swiss Banks Walk Tightrope in India

Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs have huge onshore teams in India

AL Wealth Partners' Anthonia Hui: 'Her Conscious Way' of Wealth Management

Neither Hui nor her firm is driven by growth for growth’s sake, nor are they single-minded about wanting to cash out to a third-party buyer.

HNW advice firm backs AfterPay rival

The Melbourne-based company is eyeing a $300 billion opportunity in buy-now-pay-later payments.

VP Bank’s Asia Expansion: Inspired by Market Understanding Allied with Strategic Focus

Morel highlighted the importance of the intermediary business, which he says accounts for more than half of the bank’s Asia-wide activities.

Citi joins UBS in setting up Singapore currency trading hub

The planned expansion is expected to inject more liquidity into Singapore's currency market, which recorded US$517 billion in daily average trading volume in 2016 - higher than Hong Kong and Japan

Millennials to Save Art Market?

UBS has long worked with Art Basel, a high-end art fair held annually in Miami, Basel, and Hong Kong which it uses as a client perk.

UBS Wealth says ESG portfolio at $400m in Asia

The firm believes that the sustainable investing portfolio has resonated well with female investors.

China Produces Four New Billionaires Every Week

Chinese stock exchanges were another – 601 Chinese billionaires attributed their wealth in 2018 to the capital markets

YBR reports loss, reassesses wealth management

Commenting on the situation, YBR executive chairman, Mark Bouris said the first half of the financial year had been challenging for the sector and the company had taken decisive action.

India’s rich loosen purse strings for philanthropy, but not enough

While the private sector’s contribution to social sector funding has increased, it isn’t enough to meet India’s commitment to meeting Sustainable Development Goals.

Newly Launched Farringdon Wealth Looks For Banking Partners

Farringdon Wealth will also be pioneering a new fintech based advisory platform that will leverage on the Robo technology

The rise of the super-rich: A five-year forecast

Asia is set to outperform as global wealth growth slows, according to a new analysis of UHNWI populations carried out exclusively for The Wealth Report.

Northern Trust Asset Management and MFG Asset Management Announce Strategic Partnership for Japan

This strategic partnership will provide institutional investors in Japan with exclusive access to Magellan’s global equity strategy, the Magellan Global Plus Strategy.

Millennial Women Are Letting Men Take Care of the Money

More than nine out of 10 women (91%) said they felt less stressed and were more confident about their financial future (94%), believing they and their partners made fewer mistakes when they were both involved (93%).

Bank of China launches Wealth Management Banking service in Malaysia

The Wealth Management Banking service is geared towards high net-worth individual customers through personalized wealth management advice.

LGT officially opens its office in Bangkok

Located in the Pathum Wan District, the office will provide investment and wealth management services to the bank's clients across Thailand

Making the multi-family office fit for purpose

Asia is at the inception of a huge transfer of wealth, and previously unknown ideas such as ESG and impact investing are now firmly entrenched in the minds of the new wealthy

JPMorgan considers private bank in China

The move forms part of the lender's broader expansion strategy in the country.

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