02/27/2017
China’s smaller banks vulnerable to shocks as policy makers tighten rules
Liquidity risks are now a reality for China’s smaller lenders and could even lead to bank runs or bankruptcies, say analysts
Comment, Analysis & Research
02/27/2017
Fee Transparency Moves Gain Momentum in Asia
Regulators mull over enhanced disclosures, but long way ahead for fee-based advisory model
02/27/2017
Asian Millennials Face Critical Retirement Finance Crunch - Survey
3 in 10 millennials expect to run out ofmoney in retirement, and nearly 4 in 10 expect to carry mortgage debt intotheir retirement years
02/27/2017
Jump in China’s shadow banking products potentially destabilising
The issue is that with high yields, the funds obtained via WMPs may well be invested into risky classes of companies, sectors, ventures, assets and derivatives.
02/27/2017
Alex Fung: «Investing in Times of Uncertainty»
As Swiss entrepreneurs and their foreign partners scored business successes, the need grew for advisory and other financial services.
02/27/2017
Online Hiring for Banking & Finance Sector Remains Muted Across Southeast Asia
In the same month, Malaysia reported an 11% growth, recording a sharp improvement from December’s -12%, while Singapore accounted a 2% decline year-on-year.
02/27/2017
Positive on domestic economy, like banking: Kotak Old Mutual
Hemant Kanawala of Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance believes the telecom sector will see intense competition
02/27/2017
SC continues to pursue fund management industry’s long-term growth
Ahmad Fairuz added that this was in line with SC’s heightened emphasis on the importance of public trust and investor confidence.
02/24/2017
New rules for asset managers as concerns over debt grow
Previous efforts have failed to curb the shadow-banking time bomb
02/24/2017
Putting Asia’s Savings to Work in Asia Region
And this imbalance is not likely to go away any time soon.
02/24/2017
Shiozumi names the riskiest sector in Japanese equities
Because of Trump, banks have gone up, that is why most of the portfolio managers have been buying banks.
02/24/2017
Fee Transparency to Gain Momentum in Asia
Cerulli's recent research rotation to Hong Kong has noticed mixed responses to these initiatives among both asset managers and distributors.
02/24/2017
China's Legend, buyout funds preparing final bids for Allfunds Bank - sources
The deal, which is expected to wrap up by the end of March
02/24/2017
Ashurst advises on titanium giants deal
The digital era is making it easier for whistleblowers to be identified meaning greater protection is needed.
02/23/2017
More firepower in Challenger play
It's primarily because we already have two small cap boutiques that have performed very well and therefore they have capacity constraints.
02/23/2017
NPS report on pension age causing controversy
They aren't raising it abruptly.
02/23/2017
Four richest Indonesians worth more than poorest 100 million
The widening of the gap between the rich and the rest is a serious threat to Indonesia’s future prosperity.
02/22/2017
Vero Insurance raiding takeover target Tower Ltd: sources
Vero's entry comes less than one fortnight after Tower and Fairfax announced an all cash bid worth $1.17 a share
02/22/2017
ADB backs Phl economic agenda
The ADB has provided $16 billion in loans and grants to the government and about $1 billion in loans and equity investments to private companies.
02/22/2017
Australia weathers fintech slump
The increase was powered by Champ Private Equity’s acquisition of Pepperstone.