Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Wealth manager plans to add Hong Kong expats to court of St James’s

he move could presage long-term expansion overseas.

ClearView Wealth granted trading halt

The halt will remain in place until the opening of trade on Thursday 27th February 2014, or earlier if an announcement is made to the market.

RBC Wealth Management net income up $6 million

Wealth Management net income was $235 million, up $6 million or 3% compared to last year, mainly due to higher average fee-based client assets resulting from capital appreciation and strong net sales.

Credit Suisse to boost assets of Japan private banking business

The second-largest bank in Switzerland is moving in the opposite direction of rivals like Societe Generale and Merrill Lynch, which have given up on their private banking business in Japan.

Luxury brands 'must skew advertising younger and go mobile'

Experience in luxury has tipped over to become the pre-eminent spend

St James's Place eyes up Asian business as profits jump

In advanced talks to acquire international adviser business in Asia

Protecting Private Wealth from Europe to the Far East ...

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, death and taxes (according to Benjamin Franklin) remain certaines in an uncertain economic landscape.

Julius Baer now has 25% of CHF254 billion group assets in Asia

Globally, the bank has also transferred 365 private bankers during the year and now has a total of 1,197 relationship managers. In Hong Kong and Singapore, a total of 489 staff was transferred, of which 139 were private bankers.

International Investment Manager Expands In Asia-Pac With A Malaysian Office

The custodian has hired a former central banker in Kuala Lumpur as it looks to tap rising demand for servicing of international investments in Asia.

Asians Looking Away From Canada

Tens of thousands of Chinese and Asian citizens may have to find a new destination for their wealth after the Canadian government announced its intention to end its immigrant investor programme.

A helping hand to give it right

A new breed of wealth managers and intermediaries is helping the super-rich identify the right cause and give to it

Rising wealth of Asians: Where does India figure

Financial wealth of Asian nations is likely to overtake that of US in a few years from now.

HSBC profits rise for 2013 thanks to cost-cutting

HSBC has reported a 9% rise in profit for last year, boosted by cost cuts as it restructured the business.

Credit Suisse launches school for private bankers

Here’s a sign of the times: Asia is getting rich so fast that private banks cannot add staff quickly enough to keep up.

BDO Unibank to Buy Deutsche Bank's Philippine Trust Business

BDO Unibank Inc., the Philippines' largest bank by assets, said Monday it has signed a deal to acquire Deutsche Bank AG's Philippine trust business.

Financial wealth in Asia more than tripled since 2001: HSBC

Financial wealth in Asia has more than tripled since 2001 to over USD 80 trillion and if the current trend persists the growth will be even faster in India than in China.

NAB named best private bank

National Australia Bank Private Wealth, for the second year in a row, has been named the best private bank in Australia at the Asian Private Banker Awards for Distinction.

Family offices plot overseas expansion

A growing desire to build peer networks of like-minded investors is driving family offices in Asia to branch out geographically. And their Western counterparts are doing the same.

Bank Victoria International Expands Into Wealth Management

Jakarta. Bank Victoria International, a small-size lender in Indonesia, is making its first foray in the wealth management business in a move to add income to its retail banking and fee-based services.

Customer exits and growing claims hit AMP profit

Australia’s biggest life insurer AMP has reported a 2 per cent fall in net profit to $672 million for the year to December, as earnings were hammered by worsening claims and customers cancelling their cover.

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