Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Majority stake in private German bank goes to China

Shareholders in a private German bank have approved a takeover by Chinese investors, marking a new chapter in German banking history.

Private Banks Urge Calm Amid China Uncertainty

Advisers to Asia’s wealthy are divided on whether to buy battered stocks or wait until the dust settles.

Leading a race to the top in Asian private banking

It has been compelling for many private banks to try to provide a broader range of products and services to appeal to the lower tiers of Asia’s wealthy.

Philippines Wealth Management Forum 2015 - Highlights

Thank you to the senior market practitioners who attended.

Regulator clouding wealth management

In particular, it is not readily evident that 'public cloud' arrangements have reached a level of maturity commensurate with usages having an extreme impact if disrupted

Switch mutual fund bets on China to US, advise wealth managers

Given that the dollar is expected to remain strong, investors could reallocate these funds to the US-based funds

Bluefield Partners Announces New Shanghai Offices

Bluefield Partners says new Shanghai office will enable it to bolster its presence in mainland wealth management market.

Noah Holdings Limited Announces New Cooperation to Build Global Family Office Solution

This cooperation will enable Noah to build a market-leading family office solution with global asset allocation capabilities for its clients, and is one of several key initiatives that Noah is taking to augment its global service platform.

Millionaire population in India growing fastest: study

Country will account for nearly one million millionaires by 2018

Size Can Be Deceptive

Targeting global asset-gathering opportunities

Citi says SMSFs, low returns may push major banks to sell-off wealth arms

Citi analyst Craig Williams noted that the banks' wealth arms, largely acquired in the early 2000s, had not become "the fast growing, low capital intensive earnings stream" the lenders had expected.

World's first diamond exchange will go live in Sep

Set up in Singapore with several large Indian diamond firms as members, Jim Rogers is one of the angle investors

Content is king for this start-up financial planning venture

Sourcing clients is perhaps the most commonly cited challenge for new planning businesses.

DBS among world's top 50 private banking brands: The Banker

The report looked at how private banks grew their brands over the past year.

Perth stockbroker to buy Entrust Private Wealth

It will become a wholly owned subsidiary

DBS Private Bank's regional ambitions burn bright

DBS Private Bank, which snapped up Société Générale's Asia private banking business for $220 million last year, is still on the look-out for acquisitions as it seeks to burnish its regional ambitions.

A wealth of new opportunities

Annual China Roundtable debates latest pension reform

Findex acquires private wealth firm

Findex Group has acquired Melbourne-based accounting and financial advice firm Martin Goodrich & Associates

Findex to drop name in favour of Centric Wealth

The Financial Index Wealth Accountants planning group will drop its name and adopt that of acquired group Centric Wealth, according to FIWA chief executive, Spiro Paule.

Do you really need a private bank?

Private bankers are throwing the doors open as shrinking margins force the industry to widen its net

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