12/15/2015
Singapore’s 40 most influential lawyers aged 40 and under in 2015
The list recognizes the 40 young lawyers in the city-state who have shaped the legal industry inside and outside the courtroom, or on the negotiating table.
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/15/2015
Once a billionaire, not always a billionaire
The report examined the differences between billionaires’ wealth creation, preservation and philanthropic practices across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
12/15/2015
Billionaire women on the rise, especially in Asia - UBS
Asia has seen the strongest growth rates for female billionaires over the last decade, to 25 from three.
12/15/2015
China’s Most Successful Business Leaders Are Not Safe At Home
Guo Guangchang, whose disappearance in mid-December sent shock waves through China’s business community
12/14/2015
Banks trumpet bumper year of ‘elephant’ takeover deals
It looked like 2015 would break all merger and acquisition records – and it did
12/14/2015
Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Japan swoops up out of recession
A revision in Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) data last week tallies with our own positive ‘top down’ view on Japanese equities, highlighted in our Investment Outlook 2016, which was released last week.
12/14/2015
Bain & Co tips one in three bank branches to close
Australian banks are already doing a better job than their US counterparts
12/14/2015
The plot develops for commercial property
According to the data from Cushman & Wakefield, office space occupancy in the top eight cities increased 32 per cent
12/14/2015
Wealthy mainland Chinese back into Hong Kong super-luxury home market
Lam said mainlanders hesitated to enter the market in the past two years because of the introduction of buyers’ stamp duty in 2012
12/14/2015
HSBC Says Women Entrepreneurs Are More Likely To Be Successful In Asia
The research also found that self-made women in Asia start businesses on average five years earlier — when they’re 29, instead of in their mid-thirties.
12/14/2015
People who want to do philanthropy should do it actively, says Azim Premji
IT czar Azim Premji—who has donated half of his stake in Wipro to charity through his company’s CSR arm, Azim Premji Foundation, largely in the primary education space...
12/14/2015
India Inc's M&A deals at $31 bn in January-November: Grant Thornton
Corporate India signed merger and acquisition (M&A) deals worth $31.16 billion in the first eleven months of this year
12/10/2015
Foreign companies struggle despite liberalization
New York-based AIG announced on Monday that it will sell $750 million worth of shares in PICC, cutting its holding for the second time this year to just around 5%.
12/10/2015
Return of Value Investing on Rising Rates, Risks and Earnings - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Glass Half-Full: Bullish on Stocks, Not Sectors
12/10/2015
Entrepreneurs rank S'pore highly
It's No 6 in a survey on economies that present the best opportunity for starting and running a successful business
12/10/2015
The best and worst jobs in investment banking in the US, UK and Asia
London bankers, particularly employees at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, are most at risk and – in theory – global investment banks have lost their appetite for expansion in Asia.
12/09/2015
Sydney in top 10 financial centres
The new study by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation ranks Sydney as the tenth largest international finance centre based on data of investment banking fees billed from cross-border deals.
12/09/2015
Tip of the Week: How to create wealth outside your job
Building wealth is not a quick process – barring an unexpected windfall or inheritance - it is a process that usually takes a long time.
12/09/2015
GST is important, but won’t alter market course: Gautam Chhaochharia, Head of Research, UBS India
Reforms and politics will be more of a hygiene factor for Indian markets.
12/09/2015
‘Suspicious transactions’ reported by B.C. banks tied mostly to China
One expert says it is likely the statistics are evidence of more money entering Vancouver’s hot housing market.