04/18/2016

Hedge funds gaining popularity among HNIs

The population of Indian high networth individuals is increasing, but is their investment pattern any different from that of the aam junta? In an email interaction with BusinessLine, Jaideep Hansraj, Head-Wealth Management and Priority Banking, Kotak Mahi

04/18/2016

Credit Suisse to halt earnings previews in Japan following probe

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on Friday recommended that the Financial Services Agency penalise Credit Suisse's Japanese brokerage unit after finding that one of its analysts leaked non-public information on a company's ear

04/18/2016

Bmo Wm likes the dividend theme

Low interest rates and low inflation have brought the dividend theme to prominence this year, said Edmund Yun, executive director and head of investment for Asia.

04/15/2016

Wealth management left out of data discussion

InvestmentLink chief technology officer Wayne Robinson said about half of the fintech market is unable to access data feeds from the wealth management industry in a significant way to run new and innovative products.

04/15/2016

Private Bankers Cool on Singapore Bonds

Credit Suisse Private Banking Asia Pacific and CA Indosuez Wealth Management say investors are favoring higher-quality issuers, while UBS AG Wealth Management warns of the prospect of exchange-rate losses on local-currency bonds.

04/14/2016

Barclays purchase reflects OCBC push

With financial technology start-ups gradually making inroads into "high-volume, low-value -add" services such as payments and foreign exchange.

04/12/2016

Bank of Singapore Deal Staves Off Barclays Banker Exodus

By selling its Singapore and Hong Kong wealth management business to Bank of Singapore instead of a rival bidder, Barclays may have staved off a big exodus of private bankers to the likes of UBS and Credit Suisse.

04/12/2016

Standard Chartered wins 4 awards

In 2015, 94 percent of clients expressed that they were "satisfied with the service during their first call to the Standard Chartered call center."