05/20/2015
Why fund risk management is a bigger challenge
A major yet unavoidable risk for the industry is systemic risk
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/20/2015
International investors have Sunshine Coast in their sights
The Sunshine Coast is in the sights of a fresh wave of international investors with a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Sunshine Coast Council and the Hong Kong Real Property Federation.
05/19/2015
Luxury home prices in Singapore hardest hit among 35 cities: Knight Frank
This was a far cry from Geneva and Zurich, which both experienced the largest dip in prices by 5 per cent after Singapore.
05/19/2015
Nine under-the-radar financial institutions now hiring in Hong Kong and Singapore
Maybank continues to expanding its consumer banking business across Southeast Asia
05/19/2015
Chinese banks trump Apple on Forbes' list of the world's most powerful companies
Apple scraped in at 12th place, trailing energy companies, automotive giants a few investment banks, and Chinese banks.
05/18/2015
Investment trust balance likely hit 100 trillion yen
It would be the first time for the balance to breach that mark -- a development that indicates Japanese are gradually shifting from saving to investing
05/18/2015
Volatility is the 'new normal'
Funds management firms in the Asia Pacific region are taking less preventive action to deal with a possible market downturn and are seeing volatility as the 'new normal'
05/18/2015
Analysts divided on policy rate cut this year
Analysts are divided on whether the central bank will cut the overnight policy rate this year, despite a resilient first quarter performance with a 5.6% gross domestic product growth
05/18/2015
Strategies in Asian equities
Success in Asian equities requires both intelligent country selection but also prescient currency/sector calls.
05/18/2015
Asean: The Future in Wealth Management
Asean is composed of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
05/18/2015
Indian-origin 'Chicken King' tops UK regional Asian Rich List
Ranjit Boparan, the founder and owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, has topped the Asian Rich List - Midlands
05/18/2015
HFR sees ‘beginning of growth cycle’ in Asian hedge fund industry
The number of hedge funds in the Asian sector, meanwhile, increased to nearly 1,200.
05/14/2015
Real estate takes up 89 pct of S.Korea's national wealth
The national wealth was 7.7 times larger than gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013, higher than the multiples of 5.9 in Australia, 3.5 in Canada and 6.4 in Japan in 2012.
05/14/2015
A 'Beijing Woods' alternative
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a welcome development, creating an Asian-focused alternative to Bretton Woods institutions to meet pressing needs in infrastructure financing.
05/14/2015
The DNA of a CFO – do you have what it takes?
CFOs need strategic planning skills, a proactive approach and the ability to cooperate with the sales function in order to succeed in the top finance job, according to one-on-one interviews with 145 CFOs by recruiting experts Hays.
05/14/2015
Asian bankers facing $43b in dead deals after oil plunge
It's a tough time to be an investment banker in Southeast Asia.
05/13/2015
Banks don’t hold the future of banking: Akamai exec
Who does? Those who are young, agile and unencumbered by regulations
05/13/2015
Existing banks run helter-skelter to retain customer as small banks enter the fray
The heads of Axis Bank and HDFC Bank are among those preparing for a world of finance which, in a few years from now, could be radically different.
05/13/2015
Singapore offers “unapologetic luxury” with $97K in disposable HHI: report
Singaporeans are the wealthiest consumers in all of Asia
05/13/2015
Malaysians urged to invest amid current technical correction Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Seeing the technical correction in the stock market as a "usual" phase annually, he said the current weaker market environment coupled with the easing of the ringgit and lower oil prices should augur well for market players to invest.