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Japan’s Elderly Will Need More Pension Money

Nation’s Financial Service Agency commissioner addresses aging issues, potential investment solutions.

Top performing ESG options revealed

Rounding out the top three per annum is the Australian Ethical Superannuation Fund Employer - International Shares option with 9.79%, followed closely by UniSuper's Sustainable High Growth option at 9.74%.

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

The Grattan Institute uses the modelling to argue for scrapping a proposed increase of mandatory super contributions to 12%, reducing contribution limits and imposing a uniform tax rate in retirement of 15%.

Will current US-China trade relations further shift treasurers’ expectations for their China business?

How are CFOs’ concerns and predictions for the Chinese economy playing out?

TMF Group: Largest Economies Often Most Complex for Business

The findings confirm that the business landscape has become more challenging

Gov't council says pensions inadequate in aging society

The new call means that individuals will take on more risk than in the past when planning their financial future, including potential loss of principal when investing.

Tourism a big winner as South Korea-Vietnam partnership develops

South Korea and Vietnam continue to work together, boosting the Vietnamese economy. At the same time, South Korean tourists flock to Vietnam. How closely are the two linked?

Recruitment firm reveals what jobs in high demand as Malaysia’s banks go digital

Noting that fintech firms are pressuring banks to invest in new technologies and with 66 per cent of banks aiming to achieve digital maturity for next year, Hays Malaysia outlined the rapid expansion of financial services going online in the country and t

ASEAN expected to see surge in Chinese investment over the next decade - RESEARCH

Being one of Asia’s financial hubs, it is easy to access credit while start-up costs and taxes are low.

Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

Indigenous Australians are being let down by financial institutions' failure to provide access to basic banking services and recognise different cultural attitudes towards money, a new report from the First Nations Foundation reveals.

Malaysia’s CIMB logs first quarterly profit drop since 2015

CIMB, Malaysia’s second-largest lender by asset, has been posting consecutive quarterly earnings growth since the end of 2015.

Metrobank is Best Managed Bank in the Philippines

Due to a very stringent evaluation process, awards are only handed out once every three years.

Cavalli on Private Banking in Asia: Vast Opportunity Beyond Profound Challenges

He met with Hubbis to outline his vision of the bank’s role in what he envisages as the private banking landscape of tomorrow in Asia.

Private banks doing more heavy lifting in challenging markets

Sim S Lim: "We're generally seeing growing interest in discretionary portfolio mandates. The uncertain market environment has driven a flight to safety and holistic, diversified solutions that can withstand market swings - this has benefited our

Global institutional demand for Asian bonds to rise on attractive yields, index inclusion: State Street

Asian fixed income represents a rare source of yield for investors around the world

Visit Taipei, Asia's ‘stealthy rich city’, where the ultra-wealthy shop in private VIP fitting rooms

While Xinyi may be today’s hottest real-estate spot, Taipei’s ‘old money’ tends to prefer living in luxury villas in a quieter neighbourhood

Study finds rich prefer long-term, sound investments

Ping An noted that private equity products made up around a fifth of assets held by its rich clients, indicating that some will transfer funds to professional institutions to invest in the capital market in addition to their own stock buying.

Finding growth outside the Faangs

“Power compounding” growth stocks outperform peer companies on a five-year growth horizon, argues Julian Cook, London-based portfolio specialist at T Rowe Price

Provisioning key theme of bank results in 4th quarter

Credit cost for the banking sector, which was 4.8 per cent in Q4FY18, has come down to 2.75 per cent to 3 per cent in Q4FY19.

Where have all the billionaires gone?

Net worth of global billionaires dropped 7 percent according to Wealth-X

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