03/31/2015
The HK and Singapore-based investment structure The Watch Fund is officially nominated for the category "Best Alternative Investment Manager" at the renowned WealthBriefingAsia Singapore Awards 2015. Previous winners of the award -- which is ini
03/29/2015
The investigation into troubled 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) should begin its decision to park RM4 billion in a small private bank in Singapore that has also suffered millions of dollars in losses
03/29/2015
Standard Chartered should relocate to Asia as the expense of being based in London has become punitive after the UK raised its bank levy an eighth time
03/29/2015
China Everbright Bank Co has got internal approval to shift its wealth-management business into a separate unit, possibly leading the way in asset split-offs by Chinese lenders.
03/29/2015
Manulife Asset Management believes multi-asset solutions, which the firm now offers in most of its Asian operations, are a powerful tool for addressing the need for asset allocation among Asian households
03/29/2015
The sale, which follows RBS ' decision to create a UK-focussed bank, includes business managed from the Middle East, Switzerland, Monaco, Singapore and Hong Kong, and assets under management of over CHF 30 billion.
03/27/2015
The nation’s middle class is growing – and so is their appetite for ways to manage their wealth.
03/27/2015
Mizuho Financial Group Inc said on Friday it plans to merge its asset management operations, as part of efforts by Japan's second-largest bank to boost profits from its non-lending businesses.
03/27/2015
Standard Chartered sold a $2 billion perpetual note that is callable in year five on Friday, replicating a structure already used by HSBC
03/26/2015
The asset manager focuses on its strengths to snare a larger role in managing Asia’s wealth
03/26/2015
UBS AG, the world's biggest wealth manager, expects Asia Pacific assets to account for as much as 30 per cent of the funds it oversees within the next 10 years, the Swiss bank's chief executive said.
03/26/2015
UBS AG , the world's biggest wealth manager, expects Asia Pacific assets to account for as much as 30 percent of the funds it oversees within the next 10 years
03/26/2015
When Credit Suisse rolled out a new online private banking platform in Asia earlier this month, it trumpeted a bevy of benefits for wealthy clients in the region.
03/25/2015
Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement to sponsor the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the exclusive Gold Partner in Securities category
03/24/2015
Meet the bankers with the clients that banks in Singapore are now desperate to capture
The population of high-net-worth individuals, those with more than US$1m in investable assets, in China surged to 758,000 in 2013, up 17.8% from the year before, according to a report by Capgemini and RBC.
03/24/2015
Rapidly advancing technology and sweeping regulatory changes are forcing wealth managers to adapt their service offerings, according to joint research by Deloitte and Efma.
03/22/2015
Faced with growing scrutiny from authorities and asset freezes in response to the Ukraine crisis, Russia’s rich are turning to Asia
03/21/2015
JB is a Swiss private banking group which manages assets worth $297 billion through its presence in more than 20 countries.
03/20/2015
Sri Lanka said it had traced more than a billion US dollars in public funds allegedly stolen by members of the former regime to a bank in Dubai
03/20/2015
Asia – The New 'Frontier' For Wealth Planning
This area has potential for significant growth given Singapore's burgeoning wealth management industry