Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

APAC’s ETF market growth stutters in 2014

Cerulli attributed the lackadaisical overall performance to uncertain global market conditions, as opposed to investors “losing faith” in the products themselves

ETFs Go Off the Boil

A slow start to 2014 in the ETF space in Asia-Pacific is likely due to lackluster broader market conditions

Asset Managers Are Targeting Asia For Future Growth

About 81% of Asia Pacific-based asset managers see increased opportunity to enter new markets over the next 12 months, and 48% of them plan to do so in the next three years. China, India and Singapore top the list of target countries, according to a new r

Budget 2014: Government should consider a wider play for foreign banks says Rohit Wahi, FirstRand Bank

Ahead of the budget we talked to Rohit Wahi, CEO and Country Head, FirstRand Bank India about what the banking sector expects from the FM.

Japanese firms see BoJ fall short of price goal 5 years ahead

Companies feel that while Japan is no longer in deflation

China banks make up one-third of global banking profits with $292b

Banks in the eurozone contributed just 3 per cent to the global profit pool, down from 25 per cent before the 2008 financial crisis, the study showed. Italian banks lost $35 billion in aggregate last year, the worst performance by any country.

MSCI Completes Factor Indexes Research Study for World’s Largest Pension Fund

Japan’s GPIF Selected MSCI to Study the Potential Implications of Factor Indexes in USD 1.24 Trillion Investment Portfolio

Wealth Managers Who Ask for Referrals Double Their Chance of Being Recommended by Clients

Futurewealth Report Uncovers What It Takes for High-Net-Worth Individuals to Recommend Their Wealth Managers

Big four on top of the world for profitability, says BIS

The major banks' pre-tax earnings as a share of their total assets rose to 1.28 per cent in 2013, higher than 10 other developed countries, the influential BIS said in its annual report on Sunday night.

Dubai property a big draw for Chinese investors

Chinese individual investors poured about 1.3 billion UAE dirhams in Dubai's real estate last year, nearly tripling that of 2012, as the Middle East's financial hub becomes a growing magnet for the well-off from the world's second-largest e

Chinese and Japanese banks lead surge in Australian loans

Stable asset quality lures Chinese and Japanese players as the share of European peers shrinks

Global cross-border M&A activity on rise - Baker & McKenzie

Powerful macroeconomic and political forces continue to provide impetus to globalization, and companies around the world are driven by their strategies to move into new markets and jurisdictions.

The Global Entrepreneurial Report: Emerging Wealth 2014

Oracle Capital Group has just launched “The Global Entrepreneurial Report: Emerging Wealth 2014.”

Financial services stars named in rich list

Greg Coffey is the next professional investor on the list in 87th place

Global asset management dwarfs banks in returns

Assets hit new high with market share at pre-crisis level

Korean Banks Still in Their M&A Businesses Aboard

American banks expanded their businesses through a total of US$58.88 billion worth of M&As from 2011 to 2013 - See more at: http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/article/5169/bank-mas-korean-banks-still-their-ma-businesses-aboard#sthash.4e6TYaCD.dpuf

Japanese investors planning to maintain hedge fund allocations - RESEARCH

The survey of more than 130 investors with over $3.8 trillion in assets revealed that the average percentage of their alternative investment portfolio going to hedge funds will remain the same for 2014 as for 2013, at 72.5%.

India Home To 1.56 Lakh Millionaires: Report

Global HNWI wealth is forecast to reach a new high of $64.3 trillion by 2016

BlackRock 2014 Mid-Year Asian Investment Outlook

BlackRock investment professionals today set out their investment outlook for the second half of 2014, across equities and credit in Asia.

Kiwi leaders less intuitive than Asian counterparts

New Zealand may be able to learn a lesson from Asia, when it comes to valuing original thinking and new ideas.

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