Wealth and Asset Management

ARK Wealth Secures Two Prestigious Best Wealth Manager Awards

HSBC Launches Wealth Center in Singapore

HSBC China unveils wealth centre in Hangzhou

HSBC China opens seventh wealth centre in mainland China

‘China was never uninvestable’: BNP wealth selector’s ongoing faith in the dragon

ARK Wealth Secures Two Prestigious Best Wealth Manager Awards

Executive Moves

Standard Chartered adds bench strength to investment banking business

Nomura IWM hires ex-Indosuez Asia funds head

Coller Capital bolsters Aussie private wealth team

TriGen Wealth Appoints Abhijeet Padwal as Director – Private Clients

LGT Crestone poaches CRO from Challenger

QTC names new chief executive

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Financial services provider penalised $11 million over “cookie-cutter” advice and conflicted bonus payments

UK’s FCA to open first ever offices in US and Australia

ASIC fines Chapter Two Holdings for misrepresenting debt management outcomes offered to consumers

APRA and ASIC publish latest data on life insurance claims and disputes - December 2024

IQ-EQ enters the ANZ market with AMAL Group acquisition

ASIC suspends AFS licence following change of ownership

FinTech

Standard Chartered partners with Temenos to transform FX flows

CZ is on a Crypto Tour With Asian Governments

Indian Payments Firm Juspay Opens Singapore Office as APAC Hub

Raffles Family Office Launches Digital Asset Fund in Hong Kong

Accenture Invests in GoUpscale to Reinvent Digital Content and Engagement in Wealth Management

CA ANZ launches AI fluency certificate for finance professionals

Alternative Investments

SGX and Tiger Brokers: Building Tomorrow’s Advisors

Sidra Capital expands in Australia

Two family offices set up in Forest City SFZ as 30 more firms eye Johor investment hub

WRISE Group launches WRISE Capital to bolster Corporate Advisory Services

Equirus Wealth Launches Integrated Wealth-Tech Platform for HNIs

Partnership inked to enhance all-round wealth management products and services

Tax

Seizing the reinvention potential: PwC launches new immersive business technology experience

New global minimum tax rules set to start in Hong Kong in 2025

Tax and business insights from Hong Kong’s latest Policy Address

A review of the tax regimes in Singapore and Hong Kong

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

Ultra wealthy to feel tax crunch on overseas gains

Comment, Analysis & Research

Roy Lee of Leonteq: Elevating Structured Solutions for Independent Wealth Managers

Paul Chan: «Here in Hong Kong, Your Capital is Safe»

India’s top 5% rich report only 4% of wealth, finds RBI MPC member’s study: ‘Wealthy underreport income’

Lighthouse Canton Launches Family Office Report

Use of generative AI language models by financial institutions in Hong Kong and Singapore

What’s holding wealth firms back from hybrid?

Retail Banking

Euromoney again hails Metrobank as best for Phl’s ultra-rich

Indonesia and Philippines markets: BSP cuts, BI to draw a pause

Gatekeeper: Barclays' Ong aims to build Singapore into DPM hub

UnionBank named Best Wealth Management Bank in the Philippines

As population shrinks, regional banks find growth in foreign customers

Hang Seng Becomes HKSTP’s First Banking ‘Green Partner’

Investment Bank

Deutsche Bank wins multiple FinanceAsia awards in APAC for investment banking solutions

Deutsche Bank named FX House of the Year for ASEAN and South Korea

Nomura Launches 100th Anniversary Commemorative Website

Deutsche Bank PB loses Hong Kong investment head

Nomura to Launch Global Marketing Tour

Nomura to Issue 100th Anniversary Commemorative Dividend

Planet SOS

DBS named World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance by Global Finance

Policy and investment need to prioritise renewable energy

Trump’s climate policy and its impact on investments

Mirova Commits USD10 million to Global Commercial & Industrial Solar Leader ecoligo to Fuel Its Growth in Vietnam

Bank DBS Indonesia introduces first ever Sustainability-Linked Trade Finance Facility for PT. Indo-Rama Synthetics Tbk | Bahasa

Australia and Singapore Collaborate to Support Sustainable Infrastructure and Decarbonisation in Southeast Asia