Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Wealthy Individuals and Families Frequently Overpay to be Underinsured

Survey of 600 independent agents finds most high net worth families insured by mass-market carriers remain vulnerable to severe financial loss and overlook discounts

China launches probe on banks' wealth mgmt products: Report

Such products are not transparent and could create room for illegal operations

Malaysian High-Net-Worth Individuals To Rise To 1,294 In 10 Years' Time

There is still room for wealth creation despite the gloomy economic backdrop globally over the past few years, Knight Frank LLP, a leading independent global property consultant, said in a report.

Charities look at persuasion techniques to get the wealthy to leave behind a bequest

CHARITIES have spent thousands of dollars to be taught persuasion techniques

Private clients lacking inflation protection

High-net-worth individuals do not tend to have as big a focus on inflation as investors such as insurers or pension funds, since the latter two types of firms have large known liabilities they have to match assets to.

Sobha group founder to give 50% of wealth to charity

P.N.C Menon, a first generation entrepreneur, has an estimated fortune of $600 million

BNP Paribas Targets Asian Super-Rich to Boost Wealth Business

Societe Generale lured a net 1 billion euros

Bright future for Singapore Asset Management Industry - RESEARCH

This is a very exciting time for the asset management industry in Asia

News Announces Wealth Management JV

Eureka Report and Clime Asset Management come together to offer more wealth creation solutions

Bankinter, Apollo in joint-bid for Generali's Swiss private bank

Brazilian bank Safra and Chinese rival ICBC are also bidding for BSI, two of the people said.

World’s wealthy set to grow by 50% in the next decade - RESEARCH

London and New York remain the top destinations for the world’s ultra-high net worth individuals to live and invest in but Asian cities are fast catching up, says Knight Frank’s seventh annual Wealth Report.

Swiss private bank to step up Asia presence

On a net basis we will more than double our staff in Asia between now and 2015

Vietnam's First Billionaire And The Triumph Of Capitalism

This is a guest post by Lan Anh Nguyen, editor of Forbes Vietnam.

Chinese family offices start to emerge

Newly rich Chinese are pondering what to do with their wealth – and where to keep it, say family office executives.

Standard Chartered posts tenth year of record profits

Standard Chartered has announced a tenth consecutive year of income, profit and dividend growth.

ANZ Seeks To Expand Wealth Management Business

Other analysts are a little less optimistic saying only time will tell whether the lender is successful at improving its wealth management business, though the bigger lenders tend to benefit from the perception they are safe to invest with.

Competition in wealth management heats up

Banks such as ANZ Indonesia, Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), Bank Mandiri and Standard Chartered Bank have designed their own investment packages to lure customers from the country’s growing middle-class to use the banks’ wealth management servic

Beware the mask of deception

The lesson for investors from the compliance failure at Macquarie Private Wealth is that not many of us seem to know what an adviser is required to do.

HSBC bank says 2012 net profit drops 16.5%

Profit after tax had stood at $16.8 billion in 2011, London-headquartered HSBC said in a results statement.

SEI Study: World's Wealthy Need Advisors to Provide Strategic Advice via Digital Tools

"The Futurewealth Report: Helpful Investment Technologies," which surveyed 3,477 respondents globally with an average $1.9 million in net worth, points to an opportunity for wealth managers to improve the client experience by using technology as

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