09/25/2018
Asia’s GFC deals 10 years on – so who won?
Sovereign funds and Japanese banks fared differently in their financial crisis deals. Nomura seems to have achieved the least.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/25/2018
Indonesia and the Emerging Markets Crisis
Despite last year’s stellar performance, emerging-market stresses have been building since at least 2013.
09/25/2018
Asia’s Aversion to Bank Accounts Is a Big Deal
No economy that runs on cash will ever compete globally.
09/25/2018
Asian family offices’ preference for emerging markets may prove painful in 2018
Slow progress on preparing for generational transfer
09/24/2018
China Really Wants You To Know Financial Opening Is Happening
The push to open comes as China tries to de-risk its economy and plug financing gaps as its shadow banking sector shrinks.
09/24/2018
For affluent Filipinos
Banks can start creating an asset allocation plan for you based on what you need and your profile as a financial customer.
09/24/2018
From Japan to India, why investors shun bank shares in Asian markets
The plunge in Indian financial shares on Friday also roiled the nation’s stock market.
09/24/2018
Philippines posts 22.9pc drop in cash remittance from Bahrain
Bahrain showed negative 22.9pc, transfers from Oman dropped by 38.3pc and Saudi Arabia showed a slide of 10.4pc.
09/23/2018
Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited - a digital cross-border bank
Bank of Asia provides a range of banking services to the BVI
09/23/2018
From Japan to India, Why Investors Shun Asia's Banking Shares
China faces trade war and slowdown, India bad-debt issue
09/22/2018
Zero tax rate on pensions is right and fair
If that’s all that is said about them, then it’s an easy ‘social justice’ argument to say that they’re benefitting from a rort and should be made to pay more tax.
09/21/2018
Pre-Marital Agreements and International Families living in Asia
Over the next 20 to 30 years, we are likely to witness substantial amounts of that wealth being transferred.
09/21/2018
Global insurers keen to boost risk exposure, BlackRock survey finds
The new study found that 47% of insurers plan to increase their portfolio risk exposure over the next one to two years, sharply up from only 9% in the 2017 survey, BlackRock says in a statement on September 20.
09/21/2018
Banks warned of unhappy customers as tech giants join fintechs as competition
A report from Capgemini has found satisfaction is low in customers and banks need to up their levels of personalisation if they want to keep customers from turning to tech giants and fintechs.
09/20/2018
The Rise of Investment Migration
Demand for alternative residence and citizenship is now driving thousands of individuals to investment migration programs each year.
09/20/2018
Impact banking: Putting the impact back into Islamic finance
Islamic finance has become too focused on getting arcane structures to be technically Shariah compliant, but a new initiative in Malaysia attempts to make Islamic finance socially positive once more – and to measure its success.
09/20/2018
World Retail Banking Report 2018: Banks must respond to soaring customer expectations as non-traditional competition looms
The report also surveyed banking executives about the main causes of industry disruption.
09/19/2018
Why Hong Kong should pause before cheering ‘ultra-rich’ win over New York
The government might believe that healthy economic development should be able to narrow the glaring wealth gap.
09/19/2018
Flying taxis? Bell Helicopter sees such a service taking off in Singapore
With its latest and most lightweight chopper, the highly manoeuvrable Bell 505, said to have been well-received in Asia since the aircraft’s entry into the region this year
09/19/2018
The value of offshore M&A deals in the first half of 2018 nearly matched the total recorded for the entirety of 2017
Last year saw new highs for offshore IPOs and that momentum has continued into 2018, with 180 companies announcing their intention to go public in the first half of the year.