Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Premium Wealth creates accountant licensing program

The new program will offer accountants the three tiers of licensing and additional support services such as monitoring, audit and training.

Banking reform debate should focus on active supervision of banks, says DPM Tharman

Mr Tharman, who's also Finance Minister and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, was speaking at an event to celebrate Citigroup's 200th year in business.

Wealth management a tough play for big banks

These days wealth management contributes less than 8 per cent of CBA's group earnings, less than half its relative contribution before the global financial crisis.

Alliance sees rich pickings in wealth management

Alliance Bank consumer banking head Ronnie Lim said since the opening up of the financial market in 2005, from merely simple mutual fund products to new products such as treasury, equity linked, dual currency and foreign currency funds, the sector has bee

Barclays expands Singapore private banking team

Barclays today announced that it has set up an Independent Asset Managers team in Singapore, as it continues to capitalise on market opportunities in Asia, and further grow its private banking business in the region.

78% of Aussie finance workers are considering quitting

Almost four out of five workers in the Australian finance sector are considering moving into an alternative industry.

China’s Hottest Wheels For Executives

The Detroit-based automaker did so poorly in minivans that it quit making them in the U.S., where they are often considered the least-glamorous family haulers, spurned by moms who prefer the style of a sport- utility vehicle.

UBS Seeing Moat Of Secrecy Run Dry Vows Results To Lure Wealthy

“There used to be this moat that created a great business model for Swiss banks -- it’s gone,” said Friedman, who was hired into the newly-created CIO position by former UBS Chief Executive Officer Oswald Gruebel in March 2011.

Foreign luxury brands donate little despite booming sales

Many luxury brands reaped huge success in Korea apparently thanks to price increases and cutting down commission fees for the nation’s major department stores.

Billionaires load up on gold

And it's not just billionaires loading up on the yellow metal.

Pictet dismisses M&A as disruptive

A wave of consolidation has been widely forecast for Asia’s private banking industry, but whether this is a healthy development for the market remains open to conjecture.

ClearView books flat underlying net profit‎

ClearView on Monday booked a net profit of $22.3 million for the 12 months to June 30, 2012, up 158 per cent on the prior year's profit of $8.67 million.

Omniwealth to acquire accounting firm

Omniwealth has decided that it will acquire an accounting firm, rather than hire accountants and grow the division organically.

The World’s Richest Country

This figure is no doubt bolstered by the staggering number of millionaires in the city-state, which Knight Frank and Citi Private Wealth predict will only keep growing.

Business as usual for Standard Chartered Singapore

In a statement released on Wednesday, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore's chief executive officer Ray Ferguson said it has been "business as usual" for its operations, though some customers have raised concerns about recent developments sur

NAB Wealth claims improvements, despite lower FUM

Overall, the NAB statement noted that, on a statutory basis, unaudited net profit attributable to the owners of the company for the June quarter was approximately $1.2bn.

UBS set to diversify to tap corporate banking as deals slow

The Swiss lender has only one branch in India and is known more for its investment banking, fixed income and currency trading business in India.

China’s Young Rich: Not Top Students

According to a new list that tracks China’s young and wealthy, none of the wealthiest people born after 1980 graduated from Peking University or Tsinghua University, China’s top two universities.

Asia’s wealthy to bankers: You’re fired

That’s the message from Bloomberg, which has spotted a trend in private banking in the region that has led to a weakening of the already limited grip global banks including Credit Suisse and Citigroup have on the Asia’s private wealth.

Ten Trends Influencing Wealth Management and Private Banking in Asia - Research

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