Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Asian family office opens doors in Hong Kong and Singapore

Fusang is being billed as a “Asian family office "offering local, regional and global services, including the creation of single family

Investec Wealth & Investment launches in Hong Kong

UK private client firm Investec Wealth & Investment has launched its business in Hong Kong, as part of the Investec Group's plans to expand the division internationally.

Bank Vontobel eyes Asia with offering of global access

Being focused and targeted is a good thing in the Asian private banking industry today.

South Australia joins growing Fitzpatricks Private Wealth national presence

His arrival to the group signals the formation of Fitzpatricks Private Wealth South Australia, and bolsters recent high profile adviser arrivals from Tasmania, WA, the ACT, Queensland and NSW.

Chinese Investors Left Reeling After Wealth Management Firm's Collapse

Wealth management firms like Zhongjin emerged in China in the mid-2000s to provide more financing to private businesses and better returns for Chinese investors

Multifamily offices facing cost challenges

Growth in the number of new external asset managers and multifamily offices in Asia seems to be slowing due to the rising cost of compliance and talent, say private bankers.

Deutsche Eyes Asia’s New Rich to Grow Private Bank

Private banks target the ultra-rich with higher minimum investments, but Deutsche’s Raju has a different plan.

UBS launches new HNW offering in Taiwan

The service is available via a model which provides clients who subscribe with access to premium research insights and products previously available only to HNW clients.

Back Soon, Says China Money Manager Who Disappeared

Another wealth management firm, Shanghai-based Jinlu Financial Advisors, has also struggled to pay back investors, causing them to besiege its office in the commercial hub.

Serving up business advice and investments for Asian families

The experts also extend services to portfolio holdings in the firm's private equity funds, helping the underlying companies to grow with an aim to eventually achieving an attractive exit and return for investors.

China Wealth Manager Yang Weiguo Denies Taking Money

The chairman of a Chinese wealth management company whose disappearance last week sparked alarm has strongly denied taking investors' money.

Serving up business advice and investments for Asian families

These days the business owner trying to pass on wealth wants to make sure his children do things they enjoy. They may look into forming a business venture to allow a son or daughter to learn about business or an area of investment.

A novel approach to wealth advice in Thailand

Mbmg Group has carved a niche within the country's wealth management industry - an independent offering combining investments, insurance, corporate solutions and family office services. And it charges for the quality of its advice.

Julius Baer looks east with Asia hiring drive to capture wealth

“Swiss private banks got a massive wake-up call in the past 10 years,” Mr Collardi said, referring to the demise of secrecy laws that were a significant selling point for Switzerland’s private banks until 2009.

Asia’s Super Rich Focus of Private Banks Shakeup

It’s a mistake to say private banks are scaling back in Asia, as some headlines may assert, but clearly change is afoot as wealth management units are merged, acquired and restructured all in an effort to boost profitability and remain competitive.

Purchase of Barclays' wealth management business to boost OCBC's exposure to UHNW market: bank chairman

"It is a (strategic) fit that has very little duplication," he said.

China's CCBI plans Singapore asset management firm, yuan business

The Chinese lender also sold 1 billion yuan ($154.5 million) of offshore yuan bonds in London late last year to broaden the investor base of the so-called dim sum bonds.

Asia's banks see rich pickings in private wealth assets

In a megabucks deal two weeks ago, OCBC Bank snagged the wealth and investment management business that Britain's Barclays Bank has in Singapore and Hong Kong, for a cool US$320 million.

Samsung Asset Management joins hands with Edmond de Rothschild Group For Fund Sale

Samsung Asset Management Co. has established a strategic alliance with Edmond de Rothschild Group, a leading financial group based in Geneva, Switzerland.

RBS completes deal to sell private banking ops to Sanctum

Sanctum, which had signed the agreement with RBS in September has acquired all the necessary licenses and approvals as well as successfully managed the migration of the business, including clients and people, from RBS Private Banking, a statement said Wed

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