Wealth and Asset Management

Apac family offices use philanthropy to blood next-gen

BNY Closes Acquisition of Archer

Nomura Reports SecondQuarter Financial Results

Standard Chartered has completed first HKD-denominated blockchain test settlement with Ant International’s Whale platform

Apollo Plans to Double Asia Pacific Headcount in Private Wealth

Asia’s family offices: Driving transformation in wealth management

Executive Moves

Former Citibank head to lead Bank of Ceylon

Citi Names Commercial Banking Head for Korea

Funds SA adds to leadership team

JPM Private Bank hires new MD

BlackRock Appoints Head of South Korea

Asian Private Banking Heavyweight Joins CBH

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Hong Kong Approves First Brokers for Cross-Border Wealth Management Scheme

Bank Indonesia and Monetary Authority of Singapore Further Extend Bilateral Financial Arrangement to 1 November 2027

Hong Kong Approves First Brokers for Cross-Border Wealth Management Scheme

SFC unveils first batch of brokers joining Wealth Management Connect Pilot Scheme

MAS Announces Plans to Support Commercialisation of Asset Tokenisation

PIF and Hong Kong Monetary Authority sign memorandum of understanding for investment fund at FII8

FinTech

Transforming Wealth Management with Innovation: Insights from Avaloq’s Pascal Wengi

Citi and Fidelity International demonstrate tokenized Money Market Fund and Digital Foreign Exchange Swap solution

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Arta in Singapore takes the robo to the ultra wealthy

Tokenized Funds: The Third Revolution in Asset Management Decoded

SFC sets out vision to foster a vibrant fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong

Alternative Investments

Standard Chartered and British International Investment renew commitment to support trade finance in frontier and emerging markets in Africa and South Asia

Singapore Gulf Bank launches corporate banking services for global digital economy

Most influential financial advisers revealed in FS Power50

Funds managers urged to up their game on alternatives education

Mubadala Capital partners with Seviora

HK Property Broker Bolsters Wealth Foray With China Fund Tie-Up

Tax

China is now enforcing offshore income tax. Should private bankers be worried?

Ultra wealthy to feel tax crunch on overseas gains

Banking as a Service poised to transform Thailand’s financial ecosystem, PwC Thailand says

ANZ Bank CEO’s Shameless Self Interest: This Is Why People Hate Bankers

Deloitte and RFO: SFOs Lack NextGen Confidence

New Zealand to enforce OECD tax reporting frameworks by 2026

Comment, Analysis & Research

More Koreans appear to be wealthy enough to save W1 bil. in cash: report

Hurun China Rich List 2024

Bloomberg Wealth opens Japan office

China’s Rally & AI Market Shift: Insights from Value Partners

Asia-Pacific banks' debt issuance hits lowest monthly level for 2024

Natixis IM: Half of Advisors Worried About NextGen

Retail Banking

Westpac FY24 Result

Organisational changes to improve operational performance

OCBC: First Bank in Singapore With New Intraday Lending

SIX and China Construction Bank Corporation Agree on a Joint Collaboration

StanChart Refreshes Global Indian Proposition

StanChart Offloads India Personal Loan Book

Investment Bank

Roths Investment Bank, Central Wealth Group forge alliance to strengthen global investment access

Morgan Stanley Approved for China Futures Unit

Statement on Administrative Action by Japan's Financial Services Agency

Metrobank drops fund management to focus on new strategy

UBS Chief Technology Officer: The Bank's Biggest Risk

Deutsche Bank launches BASF’s first sustainability-linked payables finance program in Asia

Planet SOS

DBS continues to break new ground in China as first Southeast Asian bank to leverage PBOC’s Carbon Emission Reduction Facility for issuance of green loan

Court finds Active Super made misleading ESG claims in a greenwashing action brought by ASIC

What could India’s election result mean for renewable energy?

Survey shows waning interest in ESG funds

Hong Kong group launches consultations on ESG code of conduct

Record cocoa prices and the unfair chocolate value chain – meet the entrepreneurs working to change things