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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.

More Global Startups Looking To Asia For Funding

A report earlier this year from the Asia Society and Rhodium Group found Chinese firms have committed to investing $6 billion in the U.S. tech sector in the first quarter of 2014 alone.

Wealthy individuals from the most entrepreneurial countries tend to remain in their homelands

New report ranks world’s most entrepreneurial countries

Chengdu Named Most Livable City In China -- Asian Development Bank

The ADB conducted a study to identify which among China's cities are the most livable through its Environmental Livability Index. The study considered factors such as the cities' source of clean water, their quality of air, efficient solid waste

Digital big bang looming in finance

The financial services industry is on a 'short fuse’ and will see a 'big bang’ as companies stand to see substantial digital disruption within the next three years.

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