Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

The $200 trillion gold rush that reshaped private banking

China’s economic expansion produced an eruption in private wealth across Asia

The next gen trying to boost Hong Kong’s growing art scene

Hong Kong tycoons’ sons and daughters are fostering its homegrown creative talent

Most Filipinos shy away from banks, World Bank survey finds

The survey also concluded that for Filipinos, cash is still the preferred payment since only 18 percent of Filipino adults with accounts actually use these for payments.

Chinese banks find new cure for capital-thirsty private enterprises

The number of new private-enterprise clients will grow by 5,000 or higher annually, said ICBC president Gu Shu in an interview with Xinhua.

African overlord Robert Mugabe, 94, falls ill in Singapore

African tyrant Robert Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for almost 40 years, has fallen ill in Singapore and is currently unable to leave the country.

HNA in talks with bad debt firm Cinda as it extends $43 billion asset sales - sources

Cinda will continue to support HNA’s strategic transformation and its asset disposals in core and auxiliary businesses

46pc of Malaysians insecure about online banking

Malaysia's cashless adoption rate is ramping up, with e-payment transactions per capita doubling to 111 transactions per capita in 2017 and forecast to reach 200 transactions per capita in 2020

Hong Kong, Tokyo & Singapore top the list as best finance locations in Asia

Research based on 60 criteria across socio-economic, property and human factors

Investors embracing Asia Pacific real estate debt

Tom Moffat, Executive Managing Director, Capital Markets, Asia, CBRE discusses Asia Pacific Investment Trends Q3 2018.

Standard Bank’s Africa-China trade corridor links Africa and China in world’s next big growth partnership

To this end both the national and provincial governments of China worked to ensure that many of the 150 000 Chinese importers attending the inaugural CIIE arrived with pre-determined import orders to fill.

Asia’s Independent Wealth Managers: How Can They Add More Value for Clients?

The answer is that it is all of these things, as the experts at the discussion debated and agreed.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative will make or break global climate fight

Despite its claims of being green, most BRI money is still flowing into fossil fuel projects and traditional transport, evidence from a new WRI study shows

Research - Non-financial performance measurement is biggest hurdle for ESG investing

This more nuanced approach to sustainable investment requires the development of more complex metrics, benchmarking and monitoring.

Social Capitalism: A New Measure Of National Success

The vast majority of these ‘Social Capitalist’ countries are developing economies, and are prominent candidates to display sustainable economic development leadership over the next 20 years.

Billionaire women on the rise, especially in Asia

Asia has seen the strongest growth rates for female billionaires over the last decade, to 25 from three.

MUFG Bank chief defends Saudi Arabia expansion

Kanetsugu Mike sees long-term potential in the kingdom despite Khashoggi backlash

Ways to minimise the tax bill shock on retirement

People who decide to take a lump sum amount of money out of GESB West State may be the worst off of all

Central banks release study on cross-border payments

The study provides an "initial framework for the global financial community to assess cross-border payments and settlements in greater depth

View from Asia-Pacific:The art of giving

But in 2018, at a time when personal wealth in Asia is at an all-time high, new reports have suggested that the Asia region is lagging further behind than it should be.

Moody’s warns of risks in PHL banking system

The operating environment will continue to be supportive for banks, with GDP growth to slow but remain strong compared to the Philippines’s own historical rates and growth in peer economies in the region

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