Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

EFG AM on buildout, plans multi-asset fund

EFG Asset Management is hiring staff in Hong Kong and Singapore for its investment and sales teams and aims to enter the retail market in Singapore, said its global chief investment officer.

Taming the tiger: marketing in Singapore

Why is Singapore, one of the four Asian Tigers, such a unique regional proposition and power?

CHOICE calls for ban on asset-based fees

Consumer advocate group CHOICE has called for more stringency around financial advice conflicts of interest, such as asset-based fees, stressing regulation is the gateway to restoring trust in the profession.

China fund defaults expose foreign partners to shadow banking risk

Foreign joint venture partners of Chinese mutual fund companies fear they will have to bail out investors in one of the shadiest patches of China's shadow banking system

RBS could split Coutts International to woo Asian buyers

RBS will start the process saying they are selling it as a whole

NAB gives advisers 3 years to meet tougher standards

National Australia Bank and MLC financial planners have three years to meet the new education standards, which require advisers to hold tertiary qualifications.

Alipay offers new wealth management platform

The company expects total transaction size to grow to 1 trillion yuan

China details wealth-management assets

Wealth-management assets in China’s banking sector jumped more than 23% in the first half of this year, but most of these are either invested in low-risk securities or cash

Religare part-purchases Prime's portfolio business

Anantakrishnan and team move over with clients

Friends Provident launches website aimed at non-resident Indians

Friends Provident International has launched a new website with a section dedicated to non-resident Indians.

Best private bank for Asia announced

Asia now accounts for half of the private bank's global structured product sales.

CreditEase appoints head of offshore wealth

Former Asia head of wealth management at consultancy Towers Watson

BRW Rich Families list 2014: how family wealth is changing the nation

Property and investment account for the biggest industries on the list

Australia's biggest wealth manager to overhaul wealth planning arm amid crisis of confidence

The moves comes as the company announced this morning a 3 per cent decline in net profit to $382 million for the six months to June 30.

Bank of East Asia revamps 'SupremeGold' for the young and wealthy

Local independent BEA (Bank of East Asia) is set to launch a crucial rebranding of its 'SupremeGold' brand, aimed at capturing the long-term loyalty of a younger crowd of high-net-worth individuals.

The inevitable evolution of Asia’s wealth hubs

As offshore moves onshore, will there be a challenge to the position of Singapore and Hong Kong as the wealth centres of Asia?

Malaysian wealth management inks new deal

Finance firm Hume Capital Securities has secured a ‘significant’ deal with a Malaysian wealth management firm.

China Universal to close wealth management fund

The performance of the majority of short-term wealth management products have trailed the market because of low liquidity, as these closed-ended funds can only be subscribed to and redeemed on designated days.

Family office concept gains traction in India

As Mumbai-based Waterfield Advisors builds a multi-family office with the backing of tech tycoons the Patni brothers, others are said to be making similar moves in India.

Aussie Startup StockSpot Seeks To Shake Up The Wealth Management Industry

Investing your money can be scary, especially for the young and inexperienced.

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