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Wealth and Asset Management

Asian Anchors: Leading the Way in Captive Innovation

Guiding risk management in a continually changing captive insurance environment

Wealth and Asset Management

Labuan IBFC: Asia's One-Stop Wealth Management Hub

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

Labuan IBFC Inc. and Qatar Financial Centre Authority enhance strategic partnership

Comment, Analysis & Research

They Don’t Know What They are doing

Comment, Analysis & Research

The End Of History

Wealth and Asset Management

Northern Trust Secures Platinum Asset Management Asset Servicing Business

StashAway sees investment deposits double in 2024

Principal AM: Investors should consider global diversification

UBP’s 2024 wrap-up in Asian Private Banker

Singapore's family office count tops 2,000 after record 43% growth

UBS’ Khan Says Diversification Is Key in Charged Environment

Executive Moves

CapitaLand Investment announces key executive appointments

Hex Trust Adds Asset Management Vet to Advisory Board

Kearney Appoints Southeast Asia Managing Partner

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

GAM expands its sales team in Australia – and mobilizes an infantryman

Former BNP Paribas WM banker joins Nomura with team

Legal, Regulation & Compliance

ASIC consults on relief for business introduction services

China central bank governor Pan meets BOE's Bailey in Beijing

UBP appoints Philippines market head

HKMA CEO Defends US Dollar Peg

Website and Internet Banking Login Screen Alert – Fraudulent websites and internet banking login screens related to Nanyang Commercial Bank, Limited

Government announces details of enhancement measures for New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

FinTech

Broadridge Enhances Multi-Asset Post Trade Processing with GenAI-Powered Analytics

ABBANK Invests in Backbase to Launch Digital Banking Platform With 100% Customer Migration in 3 Months

Vietnam’s ABBANK launches new business digital banking platform

Accenture Acquires Digital Twin Technology for Banks to Enhance Core Modernization Capabilities

NAB reveals five scams to watch in 2025

Mirae Asset co-CEOs Kim Mi-seob and Heo Sun-ho target global growth with AI

Alternative Investments

Singapore: ART SG Returns for Third Edition

Franklin Templeton Launches New Franklin Global Low Volatility Bond Fund for Hong Kong Investors

Alternatives equal key to success for HNW advisers

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

BRI Distributes Rp20.33 Trillion Interim Dividend, Driving Value for Shareholders and State

WA financial planning firm acquired by US insurance broker

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

Luxury travel is booming – and set to grow further

Former BSI Asia chief describes his view of the 1MDB scandal

Hong Kong should lure wealthy visitors for high-end health services: experts

Bringing Humanity to Private Client Work: Insights from Patricia Woo

Indonesians Most Optimistic in the World About 2025

PwC: Hong Kong Could Reach Top Three in 2025 IPOs

Retail Banking

PagoNxt launches real-time payments to China

Maybank Unveils Money Lock for Enhanced Banking Security

Yibin City Commercial Bank seeks up to $240 mln in Hong Kong IPO

OCBC Bank (Hong Kong) Limited’s Sale of the Entire 33.33% Stake in Hong Kong Life Insurance Limited

MUFG Bank, Ltd. announces Regarding reorganization of overseas securities entities within MUFG

Westpac New Zealand admits to customer overcharges

Investment Bank

Japanese banks post efficiency gains as interest rate hikes boost profits

Barclays Bank PLC and the Barclays Private Bank relocate to Raheja Altimus, Worli in Mumbai

Deutsche Bank invests in India growth strategy with EUR 571m capital increase

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

Planet SOS

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

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?