05/21/2014
Tighter scrutiny of potential mainland clients by banks in Hong Kong
International wealth managers in Hong Kong, especially private banks from Switzerland, with its long history of banking secrecy, are tightening their background checks on potential Chinese clients, especially those with important political ties.
05/21/2014
Belgian family office clinches Sula deal
Sula founder and family will keep 40% stake
05/21/2014
It has been adapted in some 30 countries with local brand identities and in 11 different languages.
05/21/2014
Asiabiz Services shares how Singapore’s rise to global financial dominance came about.
05/21/2014
As more private banks jostle to manage the wealth of the top one per cent of income earners in Singapore, some are wooing their top clients by getting to know more generations of the family
05/20/2014
Chinese developers, faced with surging local borrowing costs and a cooling property market, are tapping Singapore’s more than 100,000 millionaires with record bond sales.
05/20/2014
AsianInvestor profiles Vicky Li of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange and Liew Tzu-Mi of Singapore’s GIC from our list of the most influential women in asset management.
05/19/2014
The overlooked Asian banks currently staffing up (and paying well) in Singapore and Hong Kong
But their brand is not that attractive in HK as candidates perceive them as a small player
05/19/2014
Asia's Wealth Explosion Draws Private-Banker Swarm
Seeking to Capture the Opportunity, Banks Go on a Hiring Spree
05/19/2014
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing on South Australian asset buy-up
Few South Australians would know his name, but his company owns half of our power network, many of our vineyards, and now has its sights set on buying the state’s gas network for $2.37 billion.
05/19/2014
Wealth management firm acquires mortgage aggregator for $17.6 million
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road has received irrevocable acceptance from all 24 shareholders in Vow Financial Holdings for its offer to acquire 100% of the mortgage aggregator.
05/19/2014
The McMillan family is selling its half stake in Auckland-based BMW, Mini and Roll Royce dealer Team McMillan to co-owner Collins Asset Management, and founder Bob McMillan will retire from the business.
05/19/2014
BNY Mellon has partnered with Goldman Sachs Asset Management to expand the range of competitive strategies available to high-net-worth Asian investors on BNY Mellon’s separately managed accounts platform, Spectrum.
05/19/2014
More than 40 percent of BVI business originates from China and the rest of the Asia Pacific region.
05/19/2014
Raffles Residency Private Limited, an entity of the Singapore based Jumabhoy family specialising in luxury residences, today announced that a preview of its maiden real estate venture in India - Raffles Park - has been scheduled for 30 and 31 May in Dubai
05/15/2014
The CFA Institute is arguing that more Australian asset managers should commit to professional codes of conduct.
05/15/2014
Julius Baer also confirmed that it completed the transfer of Merrill Lynch’s IWM business
05/15/2014
DBS yesterday opened a new branch in Taipei’s Zhongzheng District
05/15/2014
UBS has signed on as title sponsor of Art Basel Hong Kong, which is expected to welcome 5,000 guests to 50 events at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre over the next several days.
05/14/2014
The partnership is an extension of Antarctica’s existing business in Asia