Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Why is Singapore Climbing and HK Declining?

In the latest iteration of the Global Financial Centres Index released early this month, Singapore emerged as the third most competitive financial centre in the world, overtaking Hong Kong.

Foreign fund managers not taking full advantage of China, survey shows

Poll by Shanghai-based consulting firm Z-Ben Advisors scrutinised over 100 companies, including J.P. Morgan, UBS and Goldman Sachs.

Rebalancing Your Balanced Portfolio: BMO Global Asset Management Insights

Alternative investments feature a diverse group of strategies and management styles. Among those often included within liquid alternatives mutual funds are equity hedge, credit, relative value and macro-driven tactics.

European real estate appealing to investors from across Asia

Expect a steady increase of Asian investment into European commercial real estate in coming years, according to ING

Boldly Going: The Exotic 'Frontier' Markets That Intrepid Investors Are Tipping For Take-Off

It was 15 years ago that academics began to predict a shift in economic power from the old order of developed economies to the newly named “Bric” nations.

Korean Banks Urged To 'Re-imagine Banking'

For Korean banks, there are two key urgent issues to address for sustainable growth globalization and digitalization.

Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party

Once rejected as the sport of millionaires by Mao, China now says there is is ‘no right or wrong’ about playing golf

For China’s Wealthy, Private Jets Offer Hedge Against Markets

But long-standing issues continue to hold up expansion, including lack of infrastructure and strict controls on air space

JBWere and Moelis forge new research and distribution alliance

The non-exclusive arrangement will allow JBWere's Australian clients to access a broader range of equity deals and initial public offerings.

Nomura Publishes Nomura Enterprise Value Allocation Index

The composing companies are expected to sustain growth through appropriately distributing their enterprise value, which is created by proactive investment to shareholders and employees. The index aims to track the performance of such companies’ stoc

Singapore's NRA Capital emerges as valuer of 1MDB's Cayman investments

NRA Capital is under the Netresearch group of companies founded by Kevin Scully, a well-known veteran market strategist in Singapore.

India’s first women’s bank has its days numbered

Top officials of the bank have urged the government to take the final call on the fate of the bank at the earliest as the uncertainty is impacting business and the morale of the employees.

Transamerica Life Bermuda rides the rising wave of Asian wealth

According to the 2015 World Wealth Report, wealth across Asia’s emerging markets is expected to total USD8,404 billion by 2017.

Hong Kong cannot afford to miss opportunities offered by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

City will be required to contribute billions as it seeks membership, but the returns from playing a key role in the lender will be worthwhile

Chinese Scions’ Song: My Daddy’s Rich and My Lamborghini’s Good-Looking

China’s rapid economic rise has turned peasants into billionaires.

Indian business succession: patriarch versus next-gen

One of the biggest aims of planning a succession is to prevent a family dispute in splitting the business

Japan NISA Deposits To Grow By ¥4 Trillion Annually Over The Next 5 Years

This is a key finding in a joint report from Cerulli Associates and Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. entitled Asset Management in Japan 2015: Capturing Rising Foreign Interest.

Banking activity shifts from Europe to Asia

Banking practices are seeing a changing dynamic in the Australian market as European institutions pull back and Asian banks swoop in.

Hedge funds recover from early-2016 losses, up 1.15%

Hedge funds recovered part of their losses from earlier in the year and were up 1.15%1 in March

Why Asia’s Rich Really Use Global Tax Havens

Roughly half of all clients use offshore hubs for better investment options rather than avoiding tax or anonymity.

Comment, Analysis & Research