05/10/2017
Wealth management shines for banks in Q1
OCBC's better-than-expected results yet another sign that local banks are riding high on growing wealth in Asia
Wealth and Asset Management
05/10/2017
ANZ Wealth auction and the $9.5 billion smoking gun
It's a number derived by the actuaries - like so many things in the world of insurance - and, as always, will be taken with a grain of salt.
05/10/2017
Hong Kong-Swiss scheme to join fund passport club
Switzerland’s private banking assets are growing and are expected to reach $2trn
05/10/2017
Nikko AM: Japan in motion – What does the future hold?
We believe that Abenomics is working, however we feel that its success cannot be determined by viewing government policy frameworks in isolation.
05/09/2017
UBS Wealth Management’s invested assets in Asia Pacific cross CHF 300 bil
UBS says many of its Asian wealth management clients are entrepreneurs who require leading wealth management services, as well as capabilities to advise on and execute complex corporate transactions.
05/09/2017
Assets managed by UBS in Asia cross $425b
Assets under management rose 16.9 per cent year on year to 311 billion francs.
05/09/2017
Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer defends bank’s wealth unit BT
Mr Murray, a former chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank, told The Australian he felt the holding company structure, where banking and wealth management was separated into two different subsidiaries, could be better.
05/09/2017
Wealth Investments Paying Off for Singapore's Three Big Banks
We will continue to deepen.
05/09/2017
HK’s Charles Monat to acquire global wealth solutions biz of Willis Towers Watson
We work with some of the wealthiest families via our offices in Asia and around the world.
05/09/2017
OCBC Gets Barclays Boost
The robust year-on-year performance was largely driven by sustained growth in wealth management income, higher profit from insurance operations as well as increased earnings in local currency terms from all of the Group’s overseas banking subsidiari
05/09/2017
Why foreign bankers rush for NBFC jobs
We are now better equipped to do that with senior experienced people joining us.
05/08/2017
Why portfolios are paramount for good advice
But wealth managers and investment advisers must not lose sight of investment returns on the portfolio overall.
05/08/2017
How Citi is finding meaningful growth in Malaysia
The past few years, the Malaysian ringgit has tumbled for a variety of reasons.
05/08/2017
A different kind of family office in Asia
We manage our own funds as well as those of other families.
05/07/2017
Why headhunters are now gathering around these Asian bankers
So some RMs might have to move to better known banks.
05/05/2017
Challenges Facing Asia Pacific Families Tackled Singapore Event
In short, on getting the keys to the kingdom what needs to be updated, professionalised, bought or sold according to family risk tolerance, cost of funding and desire to retain control? And where do families need help?
05/05/2017
Macquarie boosts AUM, earnings flat
Assets under management on Macquarie Group's investment platform jumped 24% to $72.2 Macquarie's total AUM, which includes infrastructure, real estate and fixed income investments reached $481.7 billion, inched 1% on the prior year.
05/04/2017
NAB Wealth growth steady
The division comprises independent third-party advice, including mortgage brokers as well as more than 1800 aligned financial planners.
05/04/2017
HSBC Sees Profits Fall
In February the London based but Asian centric bank, reported a much worse than expected set of full year results for 2016, marred by hefty writedowns and costs from its restructuring efforts.
05/04/2017
HNIs and institutional investors invest heavily in mutual funds
The high net worth individuals (HNIs) and institutional investors have brought in a huge amount of money through mutual fund folio accounts after the demonetisation drive started at the end of the previous year.