Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Kuwait shaikh seeks $21.4m in UBS fees

Mesha'al suing UBS's DIFC branch, claiming he was not paid for helping the bank

In Asia, Fickle Millionaires Vex Banks

The new generation of Asian millionaires are giving some bankers fits

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch downsizes wealth unit

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch has asked more than two dozen employees at its wealth management unit to leave as the stock market slowdown worsens and the economy continues to be sluggish.

Private banking needs overhaul to stay competitive, urges report

The Korea Institute of Finance, a state-run think tank, said in a report on Sunday that the country’s private banking market needs a revision to the related law to bolster growth and stay competitive in the long term.

Singapore Cuts Options for Wealthy Seeking Permanent Stay

Singapore will end a program that allows wealthy individuals to gain permanent residence quicker by putting money in the island, after an influx of foreigners in recent years spurred property prices and fueled voter anger.

Top family offices move to address investment strategy in Asia

Capitalizing on the continuing secular shift of global economic power from West to East was the dominant topic at the recently-concluded Wigmore Association Summit, a semiannual global collaboration of the chief investment officers of six family offices r

“What Asset-Liability Strategy for Sovereign Wealth Funds?” - EDHEC

The survey presents the results of the Deutsche Bank research chair’s foundation paper – a dynamic asset-liability management (ALM) model developed to guide asset allocation and risk management decisions at the SWF level, and describes the res

UBS beats Citigroup to stay top of the stockbroking league tree

UBS has kept the lead in its battle with Citi for top spot on the stockbroking league table, as trading picks up.

Why China's Rich and Russia's Rich Share Many Traits

While in terms of their current geopolitical interests, histories and cultures, Russia and China are vastly different, their super-rich share many common traits.

Citi's Duttagupta on Asian Wealth, Investor

The number of Asians with at least $100 million in disposable assets overtook North America’s tally for the first time as the world’s “economic center of gravity” continued moving east, Citi said today in the report published in pa

What rich Asian women want for their money

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RBC Wealth Management Wants You

The broker wars of 2012 are heating up as a foreign invader tries to crack the U.S., Asian, British and Latin American markets.

Local banks' bonuses outshine foreign ones

DBS which posted record profits for 2011 on average paid higher bonus than last year, said DBS spokeswoman Karen Ngui.

New silk route to Singapore

Every year, hundreds of Chinese private bankers gather in Hongqiao, a nondescript corner of smog-shrouded Shanghai, to learn the basics of wealth management.

Pursuit of real estate by rich lifting up Hong Kong prices

It found that the prices of high-end properties in Hong Kong have increased at a 60 percent compound annual rate since 2009.

Hong Kong private bankers seek less red tape

Hong Kong’s private banking industry is in talks with the government and regulators seeking the removal of some red tape and compliance requirements implemented after the financial crisis, to help it sell products to more of the region’s multi

DBS Pays CEO Piyush Gupta S$8.08 Million on Record Net

Conner will retire as CEO next month after a decade running OCBC. He will be replaced on April 15 by Samuel Tsien, who has run the bank’s global corporate bank since 2007.

Societe Generale Private Banking and Forbes Insights analyse global wealth and family ties

The study analyses over 1,200 of the world’s largest fortunes with a minimum net worth of 210 million US dollars, in 12 countries or regions: Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, the Middle East, Russia, Singapore, the United Ki

Wealth managers step up FOFA contact

A number of Australian wealth managers have stepped up the level of communication with their financial advisory network in light of the passage of the federal government's advice reforms.

Bentley or $570,000 Rolls? The Choice of Newest Maharajas

Their expansion illustrates the growing affluence of the burgeoning rich in India, where super-luxury vehicle sales are expected to quadruple by the end of the decade.

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