Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

German Bank Report Paints Rosy Picture of Central Asian Economies

The bank’s recently released 36-page report, titled Insights: Central Asia and Mongolia, touts numerous investment opportunities in the region.

Few S'poreans have formal retirement plan: Survey

Many Singaporeans are optimistic about their financial future, yet few have actually drawn up a formal retirement plan, according to a new survey.

Jefferies to Distribute Equity Research on Companies in the Philippines

Over the past two years, Jefferies has also formed similar alliances in Australia, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam to broaden the firm’s equity research offering to its global client base. These alliances no

China's overseas property investments jump 24 fold in 6 years

China's overseas property investments have jumped 24 fold, from US$600 million in 2009 to US$15 billion in 2014

Wealth management market growing rapidly in China

The scale of China's wealth management market is expected to increase from 46 trillion yuan (US$7.4 trillion) in 2014 to 227 trillion (US$36.3 trillion) in 2020, indicating strong growth potential

China’s state-owned firms take back seat as private sector drives M&A

Paul Chan, a fund manager at Invesco, explained that China’s reform of state-owned enterprises will lower the possibility of buying overly priced assets overseas

Asia's top 100 fund firms by AUM: list in full

AsianInvestor presents the complete rundown of the 100 largest fund houses, ranked by their assets under management sourced from investors in Asia Pacific.

Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

The alternatives sector is transforming due to regulatory pressures and the needs of a growing institutional customer-base

China churns out billionaires with new IPOs

After a 14-month standstill beginning in October 2012, IPOs resumed in China last year.

Black money in Swiss banks

Wealthy individuals seek professional assistance from investment bankers to manage their funds

Wealth-X Presents 8 Predictions For The Chinese Lunar New Year Of The Goat

Social mobility will drive an increase in China’s UHNW population in the lowest wealth tiers

10 Most Promising Emerging & Frontier Markets

Saudi Arabia tops a fresh list of most-promising frontier economies

Mapped: The world's biggest tax havens

The list places Switzerland top, followed by Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands and Singapore.

The top fund firms by Asia Pacific AUM

Here we list the top 25 firms in our annual ranking of fund houses by AUM sourced from Asia Pacific. A number of the big global players recorded strong growth on this front.

Hong Kong and Singapore outstrip rivals in growth as wealth management hubs

Hong Kong and Singapore are growing at a faster rate than Switzerland as wealth management hubs

State-run banks to beat rising tide of bad loans as India switches to IFRS

State-run banks struggling to beat the rising tide of bad loans may have to make higher provisions for such loans with India switching to globally accepted accounting standards.

Westpac leads big four in business customer satisfaction and advocacy - Roy Morgan Research

The Big Four banks have been showing a downward trend in business Customer Satisfaction since September 2014

Wall Street analysts face tougher fate under new rules

Wall Street research analysts who make a living valuing companies and sending trading ideas to investment managers have a new challenge: proving their own worth.

Property Secrets Of The World’s Billionaires

Many of these homes are concentrated in prime residential areas of major cities

NAB predicts third rate cut for 2015

The National Australia Bank believes two more rate cuts over the course of the year could follow as the country’s economy appears to be “soft with little momentum and weak confidence”.

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