Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

China’s 'affluent' population to rise to 15.28 million by end of year

Forbes and CreditEase '2014 Chinese Mass Affluent Report'

Boutique licensee reveals merger plans

Self-licensed financial advice firm Modoras Financial Performance Solutions will merge with a Gold Coast-based business accounting practice.

SoftBank to challenge for the 2017 America’s Cup

SoftBank Corp. and the Kansai Yacht Club announced they have come to an agreement to challenge for the 2017 America’s Cup. As SoftBank Team Japan, the team will compete in the 2015 America’s Cup World Series events, and challenge for the 2017

Australia's richest and poorest postcodes revealed in taxation statistics

Australia's richest and poorest postcodes revealed in taxation statisticsAustralia's richest live in harbourside Sydney and earn more than eight times the nation's poorest, who live in rural NSW, Tax Office statistics show.

Family offices in Asia, the Middle East to double, Insead says

Family offices manage assets as well as provide tax, legal, accounting and philanthropy services to the wealthy.

YES BANK launches its First International representative office in Abu Dhabi

The bank is keen to expand in some of the key international financial markets in order to serve the large sections of NRI population.

Asset Management Awards 2015, part 2: Day 3

Today we announce our marquee winners, including an additional award for innovation. That concludes our Asset Management Awards. Congratulations and see you at the dinner.

Who's driving Asian yacht demand? Not China

Southeast Asia is fast emerging as the yachting hub of Asia

Benetti takes on Asia

Luigi Adamo has been made the general manager of Benetti Asia, heading up the management team based in Hong Kong, with Alberto Giannerini as service manager and Natalie Ye as marketing manager.

Managed Account Holdings to invest in advisory firms

MGP proposes to assist the advisory firms by establishing a shared services capability to negotiate

Meet DBS, Singapore’s Home-Grown Private Bank

Tan Su Shan is reshaping Southeast Asia’s biggest bank into a wealth manager for Asia’s Switzerland

Goldman's Pac Life purchase to boost assets by $US18b

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pacific Life Insurance Company to acquire Pacific Global Advisors (“PGA”) solutions business with total assets under supervision of over $18 billion as of

HSBC Launches Immediate Review Of UK Base

The bank confirms a Sky News report that it is looking into whether to move its main base out of the country

HNI segment reports 8.21% rise in MF folios

As per a report by CRISIL research, the high net worth individuals or HNI (individuals investing Rs 5 lakh or more) segment saw a rise of 8.21% or 1.09 lakh folios to 14.31 lakh folios in the quarter ended March 2015

Everbright and Sinowel Enterprise Group ink deal

Recently, China Everbright Limited and Sinowel Enterprise Group announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement to start their co-operation towards the secondary market of trust beneficiary rights.

Alibaba’s Joseph Tsai to Open Multibillion-Dollar Family Office

Family office will invest the wealth created by the Chinese e-commerce giant’s $25 billion IPO

Citadel managing director to join Alibaba family office - Bloomberg

Oliver Weisberg has quit his role as a managing director of Citadel to help run a family office for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd executives, Bloomberg reported, citing two people with knowledge of the matter.

LGT Venture Philanthropy invests in Vietnam

LGT VP is an impact investor that supports organisations with outstanding social and environmental impact

Sacked Macquarie advisers still in the industry

They were usually put in more risky portfolios, rather than balanced

StanChart has no intention to sell stake in Indonesia's Bank Permata-SE Asia CEO

Standard Chartered's abrupt move to shut its global equities business in January could be a prelude to the lender selling off stakes

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