07/12/2015
Friends and benefits
Kathmandu needs to take advantage of the improving bilateral relations between Beijing and New Delhi
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/10/2015
How China's Market Meltdown Threatens Top Banker's Reform Agenda
Zhou said he’d try to eliminate caps on bank deposits in 2015, furthering the liberalization of interest rates.
07/10/2015
The world’s super-rich are seeking second citizenship in these eight countries
The UK has the third highest number of millionaires in the world behind the US and Japan.
07/10/2015
Singapore New Office Leases Drop by Half as Companies Cut Costs
Companies have become less optimistic about the outlook
07/09/2015
China, India top list of migrating millionaires
Other countries with large-scale migration of HNIs in this period included France, Italy , Russia, Indonesia, South Africa and Egypt
07/09/2015
Fitch sees Philippine banks hurdling higher capital requirements
Fitch said most large and mid-sized banks in the Philippines have core equity Tier 1 ratios comfortably above Basel 3 minimum.
07/09/2015
Is China heading toward its version of the 1929 stock market crash?
It is not interesting to Chinese investors to buy stock in companies such as Baidu or Alibaba, both giant successful domestic market internet companies.
07/08/2015
Global AUM up 8% in 2014; institutional inflows flat
Global assets under management grew to a record $74 trillion as of Dec. 31, up 8% from a year earlier, said a report from Boston Consulting Group.
07/08/2015
More Millionaires And A Shift In Consumer Behaviour In Emerging Markets Present Opportunities For Luxury Brands
Emerging markets such as India and South Africa will see their millionaire populations rise significantly in the coming decade.
07/08/2015
Global wealth management industry had a solid business year
In spite of financial market uncertainties and currency volatility most lead players experienced overall growth in client volumes. However, the latest KPI growth rates came off the higher ratios in the previous reporting year.
07/08/2015
China tops Asian-Pacific rankings of wealthy families that like to be beside the seaside on holiday
Japan, Hong Kong and Australia were the three most popular destinations according to this year’s Visa Affluent Study
07/08/2015
Deloitte: Women joining but not leading boardrooms globally
The percentage of board seats held by women is currently 15 percent and 6 percent of board chairs are women.
07/07/2015
China's crashing market could hurt economic growth - Schroders
Most firms are not reliant on the equity market for financing
07/07/2015
Malaysia based VCAM launches new fund, to invest in bluechips
The fund is an open-ended equity wholesale fund and the first domestic ESG fund of its kind
07/07/2015
10 banks set to hire in the second half in Singapore and Hong Kong
This hiring is continuing into the second half of 2015
07/07/2015
Rate cuts, not reforms, key to immediate recovery: BofA-ML
We continue to think that the market is over rating the contribution of either legislation to growth
07/07/2015
China is neglecting the internet and tech startups that are supposed to fuel the economy
China’s fund managers and brokers recently pledged to support the stock market as well
07/06/2015
Are Singapore's Pessimistic CFOs a Warning Sign for Asia?
The small and open economy is sometimes seen as a bellwether for the region
07/06/2015
Let banking be fun, not fear
Let the banking customers in India have some fun; far too long, they have lived in awe of bankers
07/06/2015
Private Equity firms invest $4 billion in Apr-Jun quarter: Report
The latest figures take the total PE investments in 2015 to $6.87 billion through 288 transactions, 53 per cent more than the $4,480 million across 252 transactions in the first six months of 2014.