06/24/2015
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
Comment, Analysis & Research
06/24/2015
Asia Outlook: China clear leader, Indonesia remains a waiting game - says SEB report
Sean Yakota, head of Asia strategy at SEB, the leading Nordic corporate bank, analyses the current Outlook for Asia and shares his top investment ideas:
06/24/2015
Super rich buoy retail landscape in Singapore
High-end brands are setting up shop here as mass-market retailers struggle to stay afloat
06/23/2015
Investment banking analysts in China are flooding out to private equity
Investment banks in Hong Kong are facing a severe shortage of junior talent as up to 80% second year analysts have left bulge bracket firms for jobs in private equity this year.
06/23/2015
Assessing Banking Growth Prospects in the Philippines
For the first quarter of 2015, the Philippines’ banking sector posted a set of highly positive results.
06/23/2015
Philippines tops up on local debt
The Philippines government has a relatively high but declining foreign currency exposure which leaves it vulnerable to volatile overseas financial markets.
06/23/2015
Myer family company backing start-ups through funds
MFCo chief executive Peter Hodgson, the man who oversees the Myer family’s multi-billion-dollar family office operation, is brutally honest when it comes to his credentials for picking the “disrupters’’ of the future in the world o
06/22/2015
Australian inequality rising as top 20% increase wealth and income – report
Top earners are now pulling in five times as much as those at the bottom and the wealthiest have 70 times the assets of the poorest, the Australian Council of Social Service says, as it calls for a stronger social safety net
06/22/2015
Research reveals Fiji's banking system remains strong
A recent research has found that Fiji's banking has rivalled the best in the world.
06/22/2015
Philippine banks' profits seen to shrink
Returns on assets may improve slightly but would still fall short of 2013's peak.
06/22/2015
Six Must-Knows for Wealth Advisors in 2016
Traditional wealth management firms may be lagging behind their upstart rivals in client service, particularly in servicing the digital demands of today’s customers.
06/22/2015
Asia’s emerging markets will grow faster than anywhere in 2015, but slower than previous five years as China market cools
Asia’s emerging advertising markets such as China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam will grow faster than anywhere in the world this year, according to data from Zenith Optimedia.
06/22/2015
Singapore private property prices could fall another 10% over next 2 years: BNP Paribas
Private property prices in Singapore could fall a further 10 per cent from current levels over the next two years, French bank BNP Paribas said in a research report on Monday.
06/22/2015
Chinese Investors Are Swimming in a Bubble
JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock disagree about China's stock bubble. The former says last week's 13 percent share plunge is a reason to buy; the latter sees things "deflating quite rapidly."
06/22/2015
The 3 richest Chinese billionaires were all born in the Year of the Dragon
The 86-year-old tycoon was born in 1928, meaning his Chinese zodiac sign is a dragon.
06/21/2015
IOOF's boiler room throws customers to the wolves
Insider trading, cheating and front-running – the allegations run thick and fast in the IOOF boiler room
06/21/2015
UK Engaging the Chinese Private Sector Report 2015
Britain has become the number one destination of choice for education for Chinese high net wealth families, and the year 2015 has seen a substantial rise of Chinese investment in Britain
06/21/2015
Welcoming the golden age of the Islamic economy
It is time to realise the potential to reap the massive growth opportunities
06/19/2015
Demand grows for Hong Kong domiciled funds
The number of Hong Kong-domiciled funds rose 27% year-on-year on the back of the introduction of the mutual recognition of funds (MRF) scheme between the Mainland and Hong Kong, which will go online in July.
06/19/2015
Repositioning Private Capital: Money Movements Around The Globe
Over the past six years, there have been substantial withdrawals from offshore client accounts, to the tune of as much as CHF350 billion.