Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Expanding Connectivity Amidst Rising Trade Tensions

Keynote Address by Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Banker and boxer receive Berita Harian awards

As a young auditor looking to go into private banking, Mr Shaari sent out about 100 applications before he finally got a job at American Express Bank.

Are negative emerging market headlines hiding a wealth of opportunities?

In many instances this is because companies are maintaining their robust underlying economic fundamentals in spite of negative headlines surrounding the region.

PH has 32,354 dollar millionaires

Here are the findings of Credit Suisse Institute's latest study in global wealth.

Record Billionaire Wealth Creating New Power Familes

More than 40 of the 170 new billionaires created last year inherited their wealth

Bad loans come good as ANZ posts the weak result that most anticipated

The positive aspect to ANZ’s profit is that shareholders didn’t feel the pain as dividends were retained and the share buyback remains on track.

Islamic banks slow to adopt tech, start-ups drove innovation in Shariah-compliant finance in 2017: study

The study also said there is still "substantial" white space for the Islamic finance industry to develop, in particular through a closer alignment to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and broadening access to private

Syz: Founder's Son Back From Hong Kong

The Syz CEO emphasized that ultimately the bank will decide on succession, but both his sons have been given an opportunity to prove their worth.

Australian Bank Earnings Expected to Be the Worst in a Decade

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and National Australia Bank Ltd. are expected to report their first declines in full-year cash profit since 2016

Standard Chartered study reveals investment is the emerging affluent’s top strategy to increase their wealth

The socially mobile in the study have had impressive earnings growth, with over a third (35%) enjoying a salary increase of 10% or more in the past year, and more than a quarter (28%) seeing their earnings jump by 50% or more in the past five years.

APAC asset growth outpaces rest of the world

In China, mainland fund managers had $1.1trn in AUM, while Hong Kong managers had $135bn.

Analysts Upgrade HSBC Bank

Analysts have upgraded HSBC to £8.80 per share from £7.04. The bank is currently trading at £6.34 making it undervalued

Regional banks now targeted to launder ‘dirty’ money overseas

Mixing ill-gotten proceeds with general transactions gives the appearance that everything is aboveboard.

9 financial planning tips for millennials

While young adults do save for the future, many splurge their savings on short-term goals, a survey shows

Why Gen Z former equity trader has plunged head first into cryptocurrency exchange

Andrew Wong left a high-flying job at investment bank job to become – at 27 – the youngest managing partner at digital currency platform

Confidence in Dynamic Times in ASEAN

For 20 years, ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) has been a vibrant economic region offering diverse opportunities. Continually evolving, it facilitates economic integration amongst its 10 member states: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,

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