Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Financial services job market picks up

But the year in general has been fairly quiet for new opportunities, especially before July for financial planners who sat tight awaiting the FoFA reality, says Taylor.

Business families in Southeast Asia keen on preserving wealth

Show faith in next generation taking management control: survey

Hong Kong Must Develop Itself as Regional Fund Management Hub, Says BlackRock Chief

BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, said Hong Kong needs to speed up its development as a regional fund management hub for Asia

Private Banks Warm to Outsourcing: Crédit Agricole

This is down to growing regulatory pressure and costs

Standard Chartered cuts target as growth slows and regulation bites

Standard Chartered has been one of the best performing banks over the last decade, trebling in size and delivering compound annual income growth of 15 percent

Hong Kong Luxury Property Prices Choked by Tightening: Mortgages

The slowing price growth in high-end apartments is the first sign that efforts to temper rampant speculation that has fueled a surging housing market are working even as it stings luxury developers and potential homebuyers.

Pay Raises for Bank Risk Officers in Asia Trump New York

Salaries for banks’ risk and compliance officers in Singapore and Hong Kong rose at about twice the pace of pay for similar positions at New York and London firms amid a shortage of skilled staff members

PNB appoints banks for merger

The plans were at an early stage and PNB hadn’t made a final decision on whether to list the properties

UBS Australia to launch family office service

The GFO will offer a range of products and services, including discretionary and advisory portfolio construction advice, philanthropic advice and execution across equities, fixed income, cash and alternative asset classes.

KAF Banks on Wealth Management Business

KAF, currently relying on brokerage business, has placed emphasis on wealth management as the way forward to diversify its business

deVere Group acquires Precision Group Asia

The last few years have seen an increase in demand for professional financial planning services in Asia, an area that deVere believes will be a key area of growth in the coming years.

Maybank GMT Asset Management Aims To Among Indonesia's Top Ten

PT Maybank GMT Asset Management, Malayan Banking Bhd's newly-acquired Indonesian asset management unit, aims to be among the leading top 10 players in the republic in 2017.

Asia's billionaire club grows as Europe's shrinks

Despite slowing growth in Asia, the region churned out the highest number of billionaires globally in 2013,

Offshore Wealth

New serivice launched

Edmond de Rothschild AM eyes China’s “new economy”

The strategy follows the direction of future reforms in the country.

HSBC's profits surge 30% driven by Hong Kong and UK

The bank's home markets of the UK and Hong Kong were responsible for more than half of the group's profits.

Westpac sees double-digit growth in planner numbers

The figure represents double-digit growth on 2012

DBS open to buying Asia-centric private bank

"We're open to acquisitions if they're aligned to our strategy," he said Friday at the bank's Q3 results presentation.

DBS' Q3 net profit up 1% to $862m

DBS logged a record net interest income in the third quarter to lift its net profit to $862 million, a one per cent increase over the same period a year ago.

OCBC Bank's Q3 net profit comes in at $759 million; better than analysts' expectations

Core net profit however saw a 5 per cent rise.

Wealth and Asset Management