12/23/2014
Lending growth will not be the main challenge for bankers in 2015, but instead national reform, rapid changes in customer behaviour, and a low supply of talented people will be major factors, they say.
12/23/2014
Segmenting the Asia-Pacific wealth management industry on the basis of wealth band, the report analyzes two broad categories: higher-income countries and lower-income countries.
12/23/2014
China and India are potentially at the forefront of this trend towards improving ‘public’ goods and services
12/23/2014
We chose to list in Singapore instead of the usual Luxemburg
12/23/2014
Bond sales in Asia are expected to trump this year’s record issuance in 2015 as Chinese companies look abroad for acquisitions and funding, according to UBS Group AG.
12/23/2014
Europe is straining just to grow. So is Brazil. Japan has slid into recession. China is trying to manage a slowdown. Russia foresees a recession next year.
12/23/2014
When Takahiro Mitani’s term as head of the world’s largest retirement fund finishes in March, so too will the old era of Japanese pension management.
12/23/2014
To everybody’s surprise, this year started off with most emerging markets regaining their ground lost in 2013 due to ‘taper tantrums’.
12/22/2014
Regulatory hurdles have kept out a large swathe of the investment community
12/22/2014
"Essentially if you don't like skiing, you'll have to learn to like it or go somewhere else."
12/22/2014
While top life insurance companies are seeing an uptick in unit-linked insurance products, private life insurer Max Life is looking at it cautiously.
12/22/2014
The Roundtable participants also agreed that SME financing and equity stock picking are top opportunities that will remain for at least another decade.
12/22/2014
Members of the Trusts & Estates Investment Committee held their annual meeting to discuss significant developments in 2014 and how the market will play out.
12/21/2014
Aberdeen has a strong reputation for excellence in different investment strategies across equities, fixed income, solutions and property.
12/19/2014
The development of the Islamic Capital Market has been strengthened in Malaysia in recent years, but the industry still faces challenges and needs to define its future strategy.
12/19/2014
Savvy Seattle-area real estate agents have gained an advantage by paying attention to the growing connections between China and Washington state.
12/18/2014
BONUSES one day; resignation the next. It’s a bankers’ twist on the old Queensland tourism motto of “beautiful one day, perfect the next” with particular reference to National Australia Bank, which will hold its annual meeting in B
12/18/2014
If Asia's emerging markets are to avoid the middle-income trap, they need to create foundations for the next phase of growth: they need to invest in infrastructure.
12/18/2014
There is a need to ensure a secured network for transmission of information, according to C Rangarajan, ex-Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
12/18/2014
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Challenges and Opportunities for the Wealth Sector in Hong Kong 2014" report to their offering.