Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

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

The World's Most Respected Companies In 2015: Which Chinese Companies Made The List?

Only four Chinese companies, Alibaba Group Holding , China Mobile , Tencent Holdings, and China Construction Bank made it near the bottom of the list.

China's Latest Reform Shouldn't Be Its Last

The new policy -- which would scrap a rule limiting bank lending to 75 percent of deposits -- seemed like the government's latest attempt to artificially sustain economic growth at 7 percent.

Heartland dismisses F&P Finance speculation

Heartland dismisses media speculation it is in running to buy F&P Finance

Assets Managed by MF Distributors to Triple by 2020: Report

Assets under management of mutual fund distributors could nearly triple from Rs 8 lakh crore ($127 billion) to Rs 23 lakh crore ($368 billion) by 2020, a research report said on Thursday.

Philippines: Local banks – still the preferred choice

The usual complaint about some foreign banks is their arrogance – something that is rarely complained about with our local banks such as Banco de Oro and Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.

Slowing China Growth Saps Fortunes Of Taiwan's Richest Entrepreneurs

Rising competition for lessening demand in mainland China has weighed on many of Taiwan’s largest businesses in the past year

Moody's: Singapore's proposed bail-in regime is credit positive for senior bank creditors

Moody's Investors Service says that Singapore's proposed statutory bail-in regime, applicable only to subordinated creditors and excluding senior unsecured creditors, legacy subordinated debt and deposits, is credit positive for senior bank cre

How China’s race to reserve currency status will rock markets

The inclusion of the Chinese renminbi into the basket of IMF’s reserve currencies will radically transform global markets and developing countries’ central banks policies

US banking giant keeps Philippine growth outlook at 6.1%

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA) has kept its forecast for Philippine economic growth this year despite the disappointing first-quarter performance.

Chinese Financial Investors Further U.K. Expansion

An increasing number of key Chinese acquisitions are now being done with the help of special financial companies that venture as joint investors or initiators of deals in capital and private equity funds.

Singapore tops KPMG's Change Readiness Index

As with previous years, this year's top 10 remain dominated by European countries such as Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

SMU Singapore gets top ranks in FT Global Masters in Finance Rankings 2015

SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business has been ranked 3rd in the world in the Financial Times Global Masters in Finance Post-experience Ranking 2015

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