Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

ANZ executes strategic alliance with leading Swiss bank

Full capabilities are expected to be made available to clients in 2014.

Sy's China Bank beefs up wealth management unit

China Bank SEVP & chief operating officer Ricardo Chua said the Sopra Banking for Wealth Management suite--Sopra's first software deal in the Philippines--will help China Bank streamline client information.

Guernsey makes presence felt in Singapore ahead of China visit

Guernsey has been making its presence felt at the STEP Asia conference in Singapore this week, ahead of a major visit to China by senior delegates from the island.

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific head of private banking Francesco de Ferrari has criticised the industry's commonplace transaction-based fee structures for not being in clients' best interests.

DeVere’s Green expanding Acuma operation into HK

The DeVere Group’s founder and chief executive is to expand the Acuma wealth management operation he bought earlier this year into Hong Kong next week

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.

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