Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Raising the independent wealth bar in Hong Kong

The new entity will be 100% owned by the four founders.

Fewer bank deals as deposits increase

Without festive offers at the three local banks, customers can look to foreign banks for better options

Philippines’ Finance Secretary to talk with China on $15b deals

China committed the deals to the Philippines during President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Beijing in October

National Savings mulls revival of retail Ijara sukuks to lure small investors

The work for issuing the product is at conceptual stage.

Global investment banking revenue drops to lowest since 2012

Surge in outbound deals bolsters revenue generated from China market, says Dealogic report

Are the major banks cheap or expensive after the year-end rally?

They've attempted to address whether major bank share prices are cheap or expensive.

Wealth firm releases planning app Nettshell

It allows them to double check whether or not their financial planners are on track.

Once an intern at Citibank, Yes Bank’s Rana Kapoor is now India’s newest banking billionaire

The Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index calculates a person’s net worth based on the number of shares he or she owns.

Conference on pension reform held

Some participants called for a less drastic reduction in the income replacement rate of public servants, according to NTU sociology professor Fu Tsung-hsi

Investment bankers won't get million-dollar annual bonuses this year

The payouts this year have been a reflection of the decelerating business

A Tale of Two 'T's: 2017 for Asian Wealth Management

Relentless growth of domestic players highlights a sticky population of clients unwilling to switch.

Asia’s richest–world’s richest?

The rich in Asia tend to have family offices which is their investment arm and usually look into private-equity investments and property investments to make their money grow.

Top 10 luxury brands in China's cyberspace

The institute pointed out that traffic on official websites and official WeChat accounts and Weibo accounts of luxury brands were marginal.

More private jets take to the sky

The company operated 10 to 13 flights a month on an average in and out of Chennai which is a jump when compared to the previous years.

Aggressive bank bonuses risk mis-selling: Sedgwick review

These problematic incentives include cross-selling targets.

RBI may effect 25 bps rate cut on February 8, in April: BofA-ML

BofA-ML has slashed its March inflation forecast to 4.6 per cent

Two banks make their mark on Asian ESG

The Bank of China trade represented the first Asia ex-Japan EUR green bond issuance and the largest ever-international green bond offering.

Maybank proposal to sell WOM seen as good move

The research house said it believes that the group will undertake more divestment especially subsidiaries/associates in the segment of finance and asset management/trustee, as it pursues its focus on corporate and consumer banking and maximise its capital

China sovereign wealth fund won't shy away from Trump's US

CIC chief wary of 'double standard' but sees infrastructure opportunities

Wealth Manager Gets Streetwise

The firm also operates a range of fintech services including its spring247 personal financial management platform.

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