09/23/2018
From Japan to India, Why Investors Shun Asia's Banking Shares
China faces trade war and slowdown, India bad-debt issue
Comment, Analysis & Research
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.
09/19/2018
GUERNSEY: International, China and Asia Pacific report
More than 100 people attended our China Update at the OGH on 6 September, and we are pleased that interest is growing in this exciting market.
09/18/2018
HSBC to Bolster Asia Private Banking, Double Client Assets
On September 11, 2011 HSBC displayed its logo at its headquarter in HONG KONG china, the private banking plan for expansion
09/18/2018
China's tech boom leaves wide rich-poor chasm
Wealthy grow wealthier while millions are trapped in low-level jobs
09/18/2018
Deutsche Loses North Asia COO
Deutsche Bank has lost the operating chief for its wealth management business in north Asia, finews.asia can reveal exclusively.
09/16/2018
ESG becomes a priority
Businesses are also recognising they need to take further steps in this area.
09/16/2018
Good time for Asian fixed-income investments
Gregory Suen, investment director at HSBC Global Asset Management, discusses his outlook on fixed-income investments in the latest in our series featuring fund managers
09/16/2018
Inside the most exclusive party of Singapore's Grand Prix
People from all over the world are flocking to Singapore for the Singapore Grand Prix motor race on September 16.
09/16/2018
Handouts not answer to robot threat, says leading philanthropist
The US, Finland and Canada are among countries where small tests of a universal basic income have been trialled, and the idea has been favoured by Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
09/14/2018
Chinese millennials and Gen-Zs fuel demand for diamonds in the world’s No 2 market
In 2017 China’s diamond industry accounted for 16 per cent of the US$82 billion global market, up from non-existence two decades ago.