Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Westpac NZ lifts 1H profit 2% as impairment charges rise

We achieved good growth in New Zealand

Australia's Westpac H1 earnings disappoint

Westpac Banking Group, Australia's No. 2 lender by market value, missed first-half profit forecasts and announced its smallest dividend rise in 6-1/2 years

Listed banks in China see profit growth fall flat

Sixteen listed banks in China turned in lackluster reports for their performance in the first quarter, with nine of them scoring single-digit growth for their net profits and 13 having profit growth lower than the the same period last year, according to B

Agricultural Bank of China profit up 1.5 percent

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., one of the country's four major state-owned commercial lenders, says its quarterly profit edged up just 1.5 percent as the country's economic growth slowed

New Credit Suisse chief John Knox upbeat despite profit plunge

Incoming Credit Suisse Australia chief John Knox has expressed confidence in returning one of its main reporting entities to growth after suffering a 60 per cent dive in annual profit.

OCBC Profit Beats Estimates as Hong Kong Unit Bolsters Loans

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Southeast Asia’s second-largest bank, posted a higher-than-estimated 11 percent gain in first-quarter profit

Nomura net profit rises 17%

The latest quarterly results show some recovery in fixed income trading after calm credit markets weighed on investors' trading activities.

HDFC’s Q4 profit up 8%

On a consolidated basis, net profit increased 10% to Rs2,646 crore, from Rs2,415 crore in the corresponding period last year

Standard Chartered profits fall 22pc as Sands heads for exit

Asia-focused bank facing questions over UK domicile as HSBC considers moving headquarters

DBS’s Best Quarterly Net Beats Estimates on Interest Income

Rising domestic interest rates, which climbed to a six-year high in the first quarter, give Singaporean banks scope to impose greater charges on borrowers.

ICICI Bank Q4 net rises 10%

ICICI Bank matched street expectations on Monday with the profit rising 10.2 percent year-on-year to Rs 2,922 crore in the quarter ended March 2015

HDFC Bank Q4 nos bang in line with expectations: Experts

HDFC Bank has posted robust set of numbers in Q4 with a 20.6 percent rise in net profit and an improvement in asset quality

YES Bank Q4 profit seen up 28%

Commenting on the results and financial performance, Rana Kapoor, Managing Director & CEO, YES BANK said, “YES Bank has delivered another satisfactory Quarter, and overall Financial Year across all key parameters of growth, profitability and as

Korea’s NPS posts 5.25% return for 2014

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s fourth largest pension fund, secured a return of 5.25% for 2014, with AUM rising to around 470 trillion won (US$432.4 billion) as of December 31

Affin braces for challenging conditions

Affin Holdings Bhd, which operates Affin Bank, expects a slower loan growth of 8% for 2015 and foresees a five to 10 basis points (bps) compression in net interest margin (NIM) ranging between 2.4% and 2.45%

India's HDFC is a 20pc-a-year growth machine

World's priciest bank set to see further gains as global investors remain bullish on limited shares

Citi’s 1Q Asia Pacific Net Profit Rises 19%

As Citigroup’s Asia head Stephen Bird leaves for a global role, he’s leaving behind a region that remains the Wall Street bank’s top contributor to earnings outside North America.

IndusInd Bank's net profit soars by 27%

It also witnessed a 25.1% net profit growth in the Jan to March quarter

Itochu seen logging record profit in fiscal 2015

Trading house Itochu is expected to generate a record net profit of 330 billion yen ($2.72 billion) in the current fiscal year ending March 2016, with two major investments providing boosts.

Polar Capital's AUM dips on Japan outflows

Polar Capital has seen a drop in assets under management following significant outflows from its range of Japan funds.

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