Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Global fintech firm to launch in APAC

With greater collaboration and mobility among front, middle and back offices a critical dynamic for an expanding population of regulated users in Asia.

Avaloq's Fernandez: No Time to Lose in Asia

Francisco Fernandez, chairman of Swiss banking IT firm Avaloq, won’t go idle, despite having relinquished his operative responsibilities

Chinese insurer Ping An up US$101b, trades like tech stock

"The world has moved too much to 'new' and 'old'" categorisations, says Joshua Crabb, head of Asian equities at Old Mutual Global Investors in Hong Kong.

Taiwan Shines a Light in the Darkness with Fintech Sandbox

The idea is that regulators will periodically review developments in the sandbox and adjust regulations in order to facilitate innovations that entail the most benefit for business and consumers.

Credit Suisse offers clients cutting edge digital transformation

Lichtenberger began his keynote address at the Hubbis Digital Wealth Asia event on November 9 in Hong Kong by underlining just how fast technology has changed.

Bitcoin: Big in Japan

Bitcoin is recognised as legal tender in the world's third-biggest economy

Different approaches to bitcoin in Asia

Regulators in Asia have taken very different approaches to dealing with the bitcoin phenomenon

Avaloq’s chairman streamlines his role to focus on China expansion and possible listing

Francisco Fernandez, who also founded the Switzerland-based firm, has handed over the CEO job and is looking east to the ‘innovative companies’ in China’s financial sector

Asian Investors Drive Bitcoin Frenzy

The region’s family offices and wealthy individuals — and a smattering of asset managers — are big players in the cryptocurrency boom.

Fresh warning issued on bitcoin investments

According to Thomson Reuters, blockchain first emerged as the software system underpinning bitcoin.

Malaysian Fintech MyCash Online Set to Move Headquarters to Singapore

It offers easy, secure, and convenient online services to the foreign works who do not have access to online banking or credit cards

Is Digital Banking A Sexy Label, or Basic Human Right?

Private banks or wealth management firms used to be an exclusive club for the affluent.

Australian Banks Reportedly Freezing the Accounts of Bitcoin users

Reports are, however, not widespread, and it remains unclear as to why certain users seem to have been targeted.

Japanese Banking Giant Wants To Prevent Another Mt. Gox

The banking giant will keep matching records from cryptocurrency exchanges of customers who opt-in for the scheme.

South Korea Tightens Crypto Net

In September, the Financial Services Commission in Seoul announced initial coin offerings, or ICOs, were to be banned, saying trading of virtual currencies needed to be tightly controlled.

KB Asset Management Singapore Picks Eze Software

New Offshore Fund Taps Eze Portfolio Management & Accounting For Support

Company in focus: China's Ping An puts the 'tech' in fintech

Huge investments in AI, big data and more are bearing fruit for the insurer

The role of AI in the delivery of legal and private wealth advisory services

"But where I don't see artificial intelligence making a significant in road is when it comes to high net worth individuals,"

Japanese Bank to Offer Bitcoin Insurance

This insurance scheme could have a profound impact on cryptocurrencies in a country that reportedly accounts for 40 percent of the global market.

Malaysia to launch world’s first digital framework for Islamic economy in 2018

The framework is designed to attract investors and venture capital to fund halal businesses and to conduct their transactions and investments in compliance with Shariah laws and regulations

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