05/15/2013
Greater KBank focus on private banking service
The bank expects significantly higher growth of its high-net-worth customer
Wealth and Asset Management
05/15/2013
London's most successful Asian female high fliers out in force
Fergie and Cherie Blair both turned out for a glass of champagne to toast the winners
05/14/2013
China expands crackdown on wealth management fund pools to non-bank financials
The rise of WMPs has been fuelled by Chinese depositors' hunger for yields above the central bank's benchmark deposit rate
05/14/2013
Family office 3rd generation more engaged with investments
Third generations within a family office tend to be more engaged with investments than their parents and grandparents, Cambooya chief executive Jenny Wheatley noted.
05/14/2013
CommBank wealth division enjoys strong March quarter
Revenue growth for the group continued to reflect a combination of conservative business settings
05/14/2013
MBFC development helps to keep Singapore competitive
The development of the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) and a new financial district downtown has helped to keep Singapore competitive
05/13/2013
Citigroup Seeks the Wealth of the World
The recent turnaround in Citigroup's fortunes is great news for investors, as new management helps guide the bank to a more profitable future. Some of the bank's more lucrative sections, however, have been growing for some time, after being put
05/12/2013
Citibank Thailand to keep focus on wealthy clients, consumer finance
Wealth management is the area in which foreign banks have a competitive advantage
05/09/2013
Coutts partners with Condé Nast Traveller to produce The Expert
The 65-page guide to travel will be distributed with Tatler magazine in Hong Kong and Singapore in May.
05/09/2013
Stanchart Said in Final Talks to Buy India Wealth Unit
Standard Chartered Plc, the U.K. bank that earns most of its profit in Asia, is in final talks to buy Morgan Stanley’s Indian wealth management unit, two people familiar with the discussions said.
05/09/2013
China issues new rules targeting wealth management fund pools - sources
China's bond market regulator closed off a loophole on Friday
05/07/2013
Chinese HNWIs Shift Wealth Management Focus -RESEARCH
Thirty Percent of More Than 3,000 High Net Worth Individuals Surveyed Name Wealth Preservation as Top Priority
05/07/2013
Overseas Indians trust S'pore as wealth centre
There is a very clear look east attitude among Indian investors now
05/07/2013
Standard Chartered shareholders show disapproval of four executives
Shareholders have issued a rebuke to four Standard Chartered executives
05/06/2013
HSBC profits almost double in the first three months of the year
Cost-cutting measures and fall in bad debts push UK bank's first quarter profits to £5.4bn, 95% higher than in 2012
05/06/2013
UBS Optimus Foundation launches first APAC office in Hong Kong
The foundation will use the new office to engage UBS clients and nurture interest from Asian families
05/05/2013
Wealth managers flock to Singapore as Switzerland suffers
Wealth managers are stepping up their search for staff to expand in Asia as Singapore starts to overhaul Switzerland as the world’s top private banking hub.
05/05/2013
Banks in Singapore agonise over rich clients in tax evasion clampdown
Banks in Singapore are urgently scrutinising their account holders as an imminent deadline on stricter tax evasion measures forces them to decide whether to send some of their wealthiest clients packing.
05/05/2013
Princely advice for Asia's wealthy families
A Liechtenstein royal has old money expertise in how assets are secured for next generation
05/02/2013
Aussie bank appoints global private banking MD from Coutts
He has more than 25 years banking experience in Switzerland, London, Sydney and Singapore and most recently worked at Coutts & Co