Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

ZA Tech Partners to Launch Insurtech in Indonesia

The announcment noted that only 1.7 percent of Indonesia's population of 265 million are currently covered by private insurance.

Singaporean Startup Ushers In Digital 4.0 Leveraging Data

Azendian Solutions uses machine learning to develop solutions that enhance the performance of educational institutions and real estates

SoftBank to match NTT Docomo's ¥2,980 smartphone plan as price war escalates

With lower price plans now announced by SoftBank and NTT Docomo, rival telecom carriers KDDI Corp. and Rakuten Mobile Inc. are likely feeling the pressure to match them.

Seba Clinches Funding, Plans Foreign Expansion

Seba is keen to push into lending as well as tokenization – both balance sheet-intensive activities.

What makes a future-ready firm?

There are various goals which can be allocated to digital solutions

China could restrict bank tie-ups with fintech platforms, official suggests

China has vowed to strengthen oversight of its big tech firms, which include the likes of Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings that rank among the world's largest and most valuable.

China Bank enlists Multisys as tech partner

“The pandemic has changed the game and we are committed to deliver game-changing solutions for the benefit of our customers,”

Hong Kong’s First Licensed Crypto Platform Goes Live

Following the local government’s call to ban retail investor access, Hong Kong’s crypto market will be focused on institutional and professional investors, those deemed as high net worth individuals (HNWI) with some market knowledge and experi

IOOF, BT end platform relationship

"As IOOF embarks on its own platform simplification strategy, alignment with providers who fit within our open architecture approach will be key to continuing to enable choice to our clients,"

Success of US insurtech firms coming soon to Southeast Asia

Disruptive players push traditional insurers to digitalize faster

Singapore Telecommunications and UOB Asset Management to launch robo adviser

The new robo adviser will join a field that has become more crowded in the three years since the first of them, StashAway, made its debut in 2017.

Digital transformation in investment management: Adapt or adopt?

There are two fundamental approaches organisations often consider when they are facing the challenges of an underperforming system.

S.Korea digital bank Kakao Bank picks advisors for planned IPO

Kakao Bank has not decided on the timing of its IPO, which analysts expect to be in the latter half of next year.

Guide to Asia-Pacific Fintech Hotspots; Covering Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Bangalore and Mumbai

China, which is home to a rising number of wealth and insurance fintechs, is on the march to build fintech hubs nationwide, with a focus on blockchain and digital currencies.

On track to Innovation

We continue to be constructive on gold and overweight in all our model portfolios, despite gold being sideways recently.

The ‘human touch’ to remain key to financial industry success — Avaloq

Based on a series of interviews with financial institutions as well as research among investors and end-clients, the study from Avaloq found a strong consensus among respondents towards new technologies and the transformation of front-to-back office infra

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