04/06/2017
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
Wealth and Asset Management
04/06/2017
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.
04/06/2017
Wealthy Thai buyers to raid London market
That trend will continue this year.
04/06/2017
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.
04/06/2017
Knight Frank Global Head
The personal safety of people in positions of wealth is increasingly being targeted as inequality grows.
04/05/2017
Banking on growth in independent wealth in Asia
And some of the banks which seem to be a bit more committed to this segment are hiring more relationship managers specifically servicing IAMs and MFOs.
04/05/2017
Korean delegation meets Aussie asset managers
A delegation from the Korea Financial Investment Association has met with a number of Australian asset managers to discuss cross-border trade initiatives ahead of the introduction of the Asia Region Funds Passport.
04/05/2017
Opportunity Knocks For New Wealth Managers in Hong Kong
Students will undergo training and on-the-job experience covering a range of private wealth management functions.
04/05/2017
Ex-Credit Suisse Trader's Hedge Fund Said to Gain 20% This Year
The market has to wait for a few more months for the tax reforms to be tabled.
04/04/2017
Standard Chartered Private Bank to Increase Minimum Threshold
The impending shakeout is likely to see a flurry of departures of both bankers and clients who do not meet the coming criteria.
04/04/2017
We’re Not Here to Make Your Next $50 Million
He’s been in the city-state more frequently again and also across the whole of Southeast Asia.
04/04/2017
Local lender partners with Swiss wealth manager
Supported by Lombard Odier’s expertise in family services, UnionBank’s ultra high net-worth clients will gain access to a full suite of family services
04/04/2017
Gaining ground
Asian cities are expected to increasingly dominate the global wealth landscape
04/04/2017
Marvelstone Capital to release robo advisor for Asia’s family businesses
Family offices in Singapore recorded an average return of 1.2 per cent in 2015, according to the Global Family Office Report by Campden Wealth Research and UBS.
04/03/2017
Australians sitting on mountains of cash as wealth outpaces debt
From a wealth standpoint, you would have to say Australian households are sitting pretty right now
04/03/2017
This small bank is now trying to hire from UBS in Asia
A bank like Sarasin, which isn’t listed, has more flexibility on pay.
04/03/2017
Equiom expands into Japan
Fifteen team members from Solid Japan will join the Equiom team
03/30/2017
Singapore tops list of countries where rich Indonesians stashed funds
The government had set a repatriation goal of 1,000 trillion rupiah, but only about 146 trillion rupiah has been brought back as of Wednesday.
03/30/2017
Diversify With Swiss Equities
Behavioural finance calls this phenomenon home bias.
03/30/2017
UBS Asset `Doubling Down' on China's $8 Trillion Bond Market
Briscoe said that the inclusions are the “warning shot across the bow for everybody to get ready.”