10/28/2012
Hong Kong’s Property Tycoons Drop $2.3 Billion in Wealth
The city ordered its third set of property curbs in two months after home prices almost doubled over three years to become the world’s most expensive.
Wealth and Asset Management
10/28/2012
APG, 2 sovereign wealth funds to invest directly with realty developers
The move to directly invest comes at time when nearly half the real estate funds in India have been unable to offer attractive returns as India's once soaring real estate sector is crippled by increasing debt and plunging sales.
10/28/2012
Changing tax rules force private bankers East
Private bankers in the Swiss market are frantically backpedalling
10/25/2012
Wealth managers SFG, WHK mull merger
Former AMP chief executive is working on a possible $600 million wealth management merger
10/24/2012
UBS Global Asset Management Chronicles the Evolution of the Asset Manager
Emphasis is moving away from performance relative to benchmarks and toward investor outcomes
10/24/2012
Credit Suisse Third-Quarter Profit Falls on Own Debt Charge
Private Banking with 3Q12 net revenues of CHF 2,591 million and pre-tax income of CHF 689 million
10/24/2012
Barclays wins Best Private Bank across three categories
Barclays also won ‘Best Private Bank – India’ for the second year running, and ‘Best Private Bank – Japan’ for SMBC Barclays, a private banking joint venture between Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Barclays
10/24/2012
Red tape and scandal hurt India's richest, but total wealth grows
The corruption scandals and red tape that have hampered India's recent growth
10/23/2012
Singapore: The New Switzerland? Private Banking's New Home
By contrast, Switzerland is cold and dark.
10/23/2012
J.P. Morgan Gets Stung by China Downturn
Fund Run by Bank Loses High-End Residential Tower to Foreclosure as Rules on Property Purchases Hit Luxury Market
10/23/2012
Citi overtook UBS, as private banks' Asia assets fell in 2011
Citigroup overtook UBS AG to become the top private bank in the Asia-Pacific last year when assets managed by the industry fell, industry publication Private Banker International said on Wednesday.
10/23/2012
AuM takes hit in Asia-Pacific
Nicholas Moody, editor of Private Banker International comments: "The fall in aggregate AuM growth in Asia-Pacific hit foreign banks particularly badly, while the Asia-based banks held up well. This could perhaps be an indication that local banks are
10/23/2012
RBC Wealth Management recognized with three awards
We are extremely proud to see RBC Wealth Management recognized for its strength
10/22/2012
Growing popularity of wealth management products in China
More Chinese consumers are turning to WMPs because they provide better returns compared to bank deposits - without the risk of equity investments.
10/22/2012
BNP spells out its commitment to Asia
Our balance sheet is in order. Deleveraging is behind us
10/21/2012
HSBC Malta manager runs training courses in Far East
Mr Casingena connected with HSBC Group colleagues to launch wealth-management products
10/21/2012
HSBC puts £400m +++ worldwide advertising business up for review
HSBC's brand is one of the great success stories of modern marketing, according to HSBC themselves
10/21/2012
Swiss private bank to beef up as it eyes growing rich in Asia
The Asia-Pacific head for Wealth Management, said the bank gained its full banking licence last month.
10/21/2012
Bank of Singapore out to exploit mainland wealth to double portfolio
Bank of Singapore eyes rising affluence in China to double the amount under its care
10/18/2012
Private Banking Will Get More Complicated -RESEARCH
The Boston Consulting Group has made public a new study of the market for wealth management