Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Singapore Fintech Partners BNP for Impact Investment

We aim to bring transparency to investors and liquidity to select last-mile lenders and microfinance lenders

M&G Wealth partners with fintech for hybrid advice launch

Sydney-headquartered Ignition Advice announced its move into the UK in this month and is establishing teams in London and Edinburgh, following a Dublin presence in 2017.

SS&C Increases Offer on Acquisition of Mainstream Group

In the absence of a superior proposal, and subject to the independent expert concluding that the revised scheme is in the best interests of Mainstream shareholders

Sharjah’s investment ecosystem keen to woo Chinese businesses

Welcoming the virtual gathering, Al Musharrkh emphasised that since the establishment of bilateral relations in 1984, the UAE has emerged China’s largest non-oil trading partner in the Mena region.

AI won't replace investment managers, but it could improve returns

Traditional market capitalization-weighted indices – like mutual funds or exchange-traded funds – have also grown over the last five years.

Cryptic Markets

At the end of the week, the authorities cracked down still further on the mining and trading of Bitcoin.

ASIC consults on updates to the ePayments Code

The review also considers options for modernising the Code, to reflect changes in the field of electronic payments since the Code’s last review.

Standard Chartered inks MoU with Tazapay

Agreement marks important step in developing digital escrow as a universally trusted and accepted settlement method for trade and commerce

HSBC launches multi-currency digital wallet

Solution allows businesses to deal with clients and suppliers globally from a single account 20 May 2021 | The Asset

The top 5 challenges of investor onboarding and the need for digitization

These documents are usually 50-80 pages long, full of legal language, with complex forms embedded within them. Investors are then left to decipher the forms to complete them correctly.

China, the innovation hub of the 21st century

The country has great ambitions, ambitions that are enshrined in government policy and which could shift the locus of innovation towards the East.

Jack Ma's Ant posted 21.8b yuan profit after IPO halt

Regulators have issued a battery of proposals that threaten to curb Ant's dominance in online payments and scale back its expansion into consumer lending and wealth management.

Matthew Salloway on venture capital, technology startups and investing across North America, the Middle East and Japan

Salloway is the chief executive of GSI Ventures, a top 50 Global Family Office, with a focus on venture capital and portfolio market expansion into the Middle East and North Africa region.

It’s now or never: Welcome to new digital era

Decade ahead will be an era marked by rapid digitization and exciting advancements in technology

Interest in central bank digital currencies continues to grow

Several governments have already started experimenting with their own digital currencies

Indonesia's Commonwealth Bank Chooses Perx Technologies To Transform Customer Acquisition and Engagement

The partnership aims to drive dynamic customer interaction and top-line growth for Commonwealth Bank in Indonesia

Amundi Malaysia launches AI-powered wholesale bond fund

“Strategically, it represents a mutual meeting of minds and innovative spirit in developing new products and services to serve all investors,”

Neobank Tonik Raises Funds Following Philippines Launch

First Neobank Launches in the Philippines

Super funds not using digital advice will get left behind

Paul Dunn, Bravura client relations and sales director – APAC, said offering greater levels of support delivered through scalable digital advice had become an important way for funds to engage and educate members.

SC Bank Korea launches digital wealth management platform

We launched a new digital platform to help customers interested in asset management to easily access refined information and market trends.

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