Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Hong Kong Prepares Real-Time Retail Payment System

Hong Kong is preparing to launch a real-time retail payment service in September, the head of the city’s de facto central bank said

Wealthy Bitcoin Buyers Targeted By Indian Tax Agency

Indian officials cited a surge in the popularity of cryptocurrencies as a prompt for the investigatory actions of the department

Industry names team up for cryptocurrency fund

The aim of the fund is to marry a traditional, recognised fund structure and long-term global markets experience with the new, emerging asset class of blockchain-based technologies, according to Hatfield.

Bitcoin finds unlikely ally in Asian watchdogs

Japan and South Korea now make up some half of global trading in the $300bln market

Bambu Makes Robos To Invest For Asia's Wealthy

In preparation for its biggest installment yet in May 2018

The Australian IT start-up that beat the odds and is now worth $1.6 b

It’s a classic tale of a start up, with the founders nutting out the idea over a game a squash, leaving their secure jobs to take a big gamble.

China Finance Online, CISC partner to develop new technology for wealth managers

The two companies will also conduct co-branded events and co-developed training programmes for CISC’s wealth advisers.

FinTech Indonesia signs collaboration agreement with FinTech Australia

The agreement provides a platform to facilitate cross-border exchanges of talent, technology and capital and fintech company market entries into both countries.

Enriching the digital platform offering

Bettridge notes there are two specific ways Factset assists the wealth management industry.

India's Tax Department Collects User Data at Multiple Bitcoin Exchanges

The survey teams were reportedly armed with an assortment of software tools to capture exchange data

Japan's GMO Internet Group Will Pay Thousands of Workers in Bitcoin

The move is partly motivated by the desire to promote the adoption of Bitcoin, which is a strategic priority for GMO.

Schroders launches asset management chatbot in Singapore

Available in English, but able to understand Singlish, the bot also allows users to track and get the latest information on their preferred funds with a ‘Watchlist’ function.

Fundnel Teams Up With Thirdrock To Accelerate Asian Growth Companies

The collaboration marks the birth of a cross-referral program that brings the deal pipeline of both entities together into a data-driven funnel that quantitatively assesses applicant companies to determine the viability of each funding opportunity.

Philippines reviewing 12 applications for bitcoin exchanges

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is seeking to regulate the industry, which it says is open to misuse.

PR Savings Bank in Apac signs with Temenos

This signing demonstrates that our vision for banking and technology is resonating with banks.

Follow the technology: HSBC offers special loans for tech-savvy small enterprises

In October, bank loans for use in Hong Kong rose 23.9pc year on year, according to figures released last week by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand Launch Local Currency Settlement Framework

Malaysia's bilateral trade volume totalled $13.8 billion with Indonesia and $13 billion with Thailand in 2016.

FinEX Asia Secures Hong Kong Advising on Securities and Asset Management Licenses

FinEX Asia aims to provide a highly transparent platform that leverages on its tech capability to bring high-quality assets to institutional and professional investors.

YBR partners with top fintech

This year Prospa made the KPMG Fintech100 list, together with ZipMoney and AfterPay Touch in recognition of technology companies pushing the envelope in financial services.

ASX pioneers blockchain technology

Australian bourse becomes first big exchange to commit to the technology