Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

MVP wants to buy Malampaya shares

This will not be the first time PXP Energy has signified its interest in the Malampaya natural gas platform.

Planning Your Family’s Future with Citizenship by Investment in Dominica Brand Content Initiative

Aside from providing travel freedom, a second citizenship can also facilitate a better quality of life for you and your family.

Despite positive indicators, stock strategists urge patience

They cite push factors from tech innovation, central bank easing and new trade relations once clarity emerges

Singapore needs to accelerate use of new benchmark interest rate

Banks may be a bit reluctant about making investments in their internal systems this year

More than 2,000 advisers depart industry in 2020

“There are more licenses closing than opening for 2020, despite a surge in recent months of new licensees commencing,”

Second-Biggest Moroccan Bank Weighs Stake Sale in Pivot to Asia

A shift toward Asia marks a pivot in Morocco’s traditional business links with Europe, where lenders are mostly anchored to counterparts across the Mediterranean, especially France.

Commentary: Southeast Asia wants to love wind energy but shouldn’t bank on it

But even solar energy looks like a better deal, says Kavickumar Muruganathan.

How would you cut advice costs?

A number of questions have been raised in the aftermath of the FSC summit prompting Money Management to survey its readers about their views on scaled advice and lower costs in the industry.

Global household wealth holds steady in 2020 despite economic turmoil

Estimates for Q2 2020 suggest that total household wealth is slightly up on the level at the end of last year, while wealth per adult is slightly down.

Super needs improvement: Report card

Within the sustainability and integrity sub-indices, Australia ranked third and sixth respectively.

Picking over the Laggards by Gary Dugan

The natural reaction of most portfolio managers in the wake of such good news would be to look to buy markets that have serially underperformed over the past seven months.

Can Bank Indonesia protect its independence?

Against this backdrop, the confused situation in Indonesia arose from differences over financial sector reforms proposed by the government and those suggested by influential groups in parliament.

Asia’s Richest Banker Uday Kotak Reccomends Overseas Investors To Invest In Indian Digital To Consumer Sector Industry

As the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the South Asian nation to impose the world’s biggest lockdown in late March, the sector’s importance has only increased this year

Verification essential for more impact

There has been dramatic growth in the impact investing industry in just the last few years.

Advisers’ benefit goes beyond financial returns

Financial advisers deliver 5.2% or more each year to their clients, according to Russell Investments, but the firm has highlighted the value of advice goes beyond just financial returns.

New report confirms dire situation facing insurers

The full gravity of the problems facing the Australian life insurance industry has been laid bare in a new report from major consultancy KPMG portraying falling revenues and profits and only difficult solutions.

Asia’s asset owners ramp up ESG capabilities

Asset owners are still expected to use managers’ ESG expertise, even as they embark on building their capabilities.

Do investors want wealth creation or preservation strategies?

Clients in different regions take a dissimilar approach to their finances

Hong Kong Bankers Are Losing Their Jobs to China Rivals

The trend has been similar in the industry’s upper echelons, where mainlanders account for more than half of senior roles, estimates from executive search firm Wellesley show.

Hong Kongers put ethics before gain

Most Hong Kong investors are unwilling to seeking profits ahead of personal values, according to Schroders’ research.

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