Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

AUM growth at Singapore’s private banks pipped rivals in 2016

The rate of growth at regional private banks has outstripped that of global peers

Nikko Asset Management builds on advances at home to target overseas clients

While it's “still too early to say we are very successful overseas

The changing shape of Asia’s private banking sector

Singaporean banks and Swiss specialists step up their presence in the sector

Singapore's DBS to boost private banking in London

SE Asian bank sees post-Brexit opportunities after Indonesian outflow from home market

DBS Sees Opportunity in Brexit

Singapore's largest bank thinks the recent Brexit vote by the U.K. could lead to more business links between Asia and Britain.

Nikko expands Ucits range with EM multi-asset fund

Nikko said the fund will target an excess return of Libor plus 5 to 6 per cent over a time horizon of between three and five years.

EFG International announces completion of legal integration of BSI’s Swiss business and launches its renewed brand

The completion of the legal integration of BSI’s current Swiss business marks a major milestone in the integration process, which remains well on track.

CreditEase Wealth Management and Tishman Speyer Become Global Strategic Partners

Many of our cooperative projects focus on value increase and rely on effective post-investment management to unlock values.

Hedge fund expat Stephen Fisher lists Point Piper pad, keeps Singapore home

The sale will presumably mark an end to Fisher’s well-positioned view of the start of each year’s Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race given the building’s vantage point from the top of Point Piper.

Wealth managers cash in on growing list of startup founders, nouveau rich push up demand for private bankers

For the Mumbai-based boutique wealth management firm that manages about 35,000 crore of some 700 families, business has been robust, growing 35-40% year-on-year.

Standard Chartered announces Private Banking Academy in partnership with Fitch Learning and INSEAD

Launching in May 2017, the programme is mandatory for all front-line employees and will include a rigorous assessment process that leads to certification.

Wealth management apprenticeship scheme launched in Hong Kong

The programme will then be rolled out on a broader scale, moving to a standard eight-week summer programme beginning with the next academic year.

Eyeing Eastern opportunities

It aims for the region to make up to 30% of its total AUM over the long run.

Asian investors flocking to infrastructure, says wealth manager

The number of Asian investors in AMP's infrastructure debt strategies has more than tripled since 2012

The ANZ Bank has started a long goodbye to its wealth management business

A series of scandals has revealed that advice paid for wasn’t received and when it was given, some of it was of poor quality.

HK to launch private wealth management apprenticeship program for young talents

Hong Kong needs to attract new blood to expand the talent pool in order to sustain the success of its private wealth management industry

Hong Kong pilots new apprenticeship scheme for private banking

It comprises two rounds of paid summer apprenticeships with a host private wealth management institution, leading to a potential job offer with that firm after graduation.

Wealthy Thai buyers to raid London market

That trend will continue this year.

StanChart launches industry-first digital wealth advisory tool

RMs can now advise clients more quickly and effectively based on an aggregation of the bank’s investment expertise, further supported by Thomson Reuters news and financial analysis.

Knight Frank Global Head

The personal safety of people in positions of wealth is increasingly being targeted as inequality grows.

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