Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Independent research house, Fat Prophets, on expansion trail

The platform, www.superprophets.com.au, offers complete superannuation options, including the establishment and ongoing accounting and administration of a new or existing SMSF.

Wealth-X Reveals: The Top 10 Wealthiest Jewellers In India

T. S. Kalayanaraman, the chairman and managing director of Kalyan Jewellers, claimed the top spot on a Wealth-X list of India’s wealthiest jewellers released today with a personal fortune of US$1.3 billion.

The Philippines: A Safe Haven for Investors

That happy country is the Philippines.

Potential Return Matters the Least to Asians When Buying Retirement Products

66% of Asian investors consider free gifts the most important factor in their purchase of financial products for retirement, while 41% consider potential returns least important

Peer-to-peer lending no threat to banks

Australians could be borrowing an estimated $22 billion from each other rather than banks within five years, but experts say the rise of peer-to-peer lending shouldn't bother the country's major banks.

Will Corporate Governance Be Big In Japan?

There is hope that a transition to a more market based engagement approach will encourage businesses in Japan

The fund manager who's betting China's currency will fall

James Clunie of Jupiter Asset Management thinks China may devalue the renminbi, a massive move that would rock stock markets.

GenX continues to be unhappy with major banks

A recent Roy Morgan survey on consumer satisfaction reveals that the GenX and millennial demographics record low satisfaction levels with the major banks.

Will Corporate Governance be big in Japan?

The global investment manager, suggests that improvements in corporate governance at Japanese companies have the potential to raise the value of the Japanese stock market by 15% to 30%

Trust Insider: understanding Witan Pacific's disappearing discount

It is also different in that, like its much larger stablemate, Witan, it is run as a multi-manager fund.

China's banks dominate rankings for profits, strength

China's banks are strengthening their position as the best capitalised and biggest profit makers in the world, a study showed on Monday.

Big four banks most profitable in developed world: BIS

Australian banks were not as profitable as those from the emerging markets Brazil and China

HSBC retains place as top 10 bank

The UK's largest bank HSBC has clung on to a place in the world's top 10 banks, in a year which saw the global banking model under increasing threat.

Regulatory requirements top challenge for 79% of financial services institutions - Deloitte

85 percent of financial institutions from around the world reported that their boards of directors currently devote more time to oversight of risk than they did two years ago

How will investors profit from IMF adding Chinese yuan to basket?

It now seems likely the yuan will be included in the International Monetary Fund currency basket come October when a decision is expected, but how can investors profit from this move?

Will China’s Double Dose of Easing Cure Its Woes?

BNP Paribas’ Chi Lo says easier policy will lift confidence and urges long-term exposure to Chinese assets.

Global Alternative Assets Predicted to Reach $15.3 Trillion in 2020 - PwC

This growth will likely be driven by a period of transformation in the global alternative asset management industry as players calibrate their business and operations and make technology a top investment priority.

Singapore CFOs most pessimistic in Asia-Pacific about profit rise: survey

Chief financial officers in Singapore are the most pessimistic group in the Asia-Pacific

CIMB, Kepler Cheuvreux Sign Cooperation Pact, MoU

CIMB Investment Bank Bhd and Kepler Cheuvreux have signed a cooperation agreement and a memorandum of understanding to cross-distribute equity research in both their respective regional markets in Asia and Europe.

Hong Kong regains IPO crown as deal frenzy sets new records in first half

Financial sector in the city on course for a bumper year after equity, bond and merger activity reaches record levels during the first half

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