Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

“This is a good time to invest” says one of world’s best investors

“No one can argue that you should spend all your money today, but equally, no-one can argue that you shouldn’t spend any.

The Future of Work at Home

Since the coronavirus struck, millions are suddenly having to work from home. Here are a few tips from someone who’s been doing it, happily, for 20 years.

TAL reviews life distribution team

"In late 2019, TAL announced a new structure to better reflect the evolving shape and size of the Australian life insurance market and the recent integration of the Asteron Life business," the spokesperson said.

Deepening market and economic impact of Covid-19

As Mark Twain said, “history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”, and the extreme shock the market is currently exposed to is more akin to what happened after 9/11.

10 home quarantine activities to keep boredom at bay

To give you some good courage and to prevent boredom

Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty

This very reaction, while there to protect us, can cause all sorts of havoc when there is a sense of uncertainty and conflicting information around us.

HSBC to slash 35,000 jobs worldwide in “deepest restructuring” exercise

The bank will reduce US$4.5bn worth of costs which would involve slashing about 15% of the group’s global workforce amidst plunging profits.

Asian asset owners facing record losses in quarter

Recent equity-allocation boosts coming back to sting investors

Private equity has the cash, and it is king

Not all private equity firms are positioned to profit from the rout. The biggest are in the strongest position.

Hotelier grandson of Asia's sugar king turns venture capitalist

The expansion into venture capital signifies an important step for the storied business empire.

5 Chinese billionaires who pulled their wealth out of China – from spicy hotpot billionaire Zhang Yong to recycling entrepreneur Zhang Yin

Despite the trade war, China added 182 new faces to hit 799 billionaires in Hurun’s latest rich list, three times the number of new faces in the US – but how much of that wealth will stay in the country?

Business, but not as usual: a new era of more corporate responsibility?

Rather than being a ploy to attract good publicity, this new approach to decision making is driven by the desire for corporations to do something positive and tangible in challenging times.

Post-pandemic, work may never be the same

Changes to hours, wages and welfare could outlive the virus

Low rates support some bond managers: Report

Morningstar said it is common in periods of severe uncertainty for investors to place greater importance on the return of capital, rather than the return on capital.

HSBC Plans to Triple Greater China Billionaire Client Count

It is one of the key focuses that we’re putting in place to ensure that we’re going to deliver on the broader strategy.

Is China the new safe haven?

Even though it may be too early to call the Chinese market a safe haven, it could become just that in five to ten years

COVID-19: Implications for business

We will update it regularly as the outbreak evolves.

Moody’s warns of ASEAN downside risk

In regard to Europe and the US, Moody’s have predicted even firmer downside risk.

Fed move could ease funding pressures in Asia where central banks may also act

Central banks in Asia Pacific "have [followed] or will follow the Fed's move by ensuring that they have done what they can to add liquidity to the financial system and work to avoid the grinding to a halt of funding markets.

Leading in this unprecedented moment: 8 wellbeing leadership strategies for responding to COVID-19

“This is an unprecedented moment. It’s important that we approach it with a sense of calm and responsibility—because we have many people counting on us.” —Google CEO Sundar Pichai

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