finews.asia went live one year ago today. It was an eventful 12 months for finance in Asia, and readers grew to rely on the high-quality news and expertise provided by the finews.asia team.
An interview with former Credit Suisse and later UBS boss Oswald Gruebel was the first exclusive item published after the finews.asia newsroom took up office in Shaw House on Orchard Road in Singapore.
(Oswald J.Gruebel, Picture: Keystone)
As finews.asia followed the latest developments and changes in Asian finance, there was never a lack of news: Chinese stocks crashed in January, Credit Suisse surprised investors by widening its strategic restructuring, and UBS made several key executive changes which reverberated months later.
Shaking Singapore's Financial Center
The year’s biggest story – and mostly widely-read – was undoubtedly 1MDB. Under Managing Director Tom King’s able leadership, finews.asia reported on the corruption affair that shook Singapore’s financial center and roiled several banks including BSI, Falcon Private Bank and Goldman Sachs.
(Suntec Towers, home of BSI bank)
finews.asia also published a ranking of private banks in Asia for the first time based on their assets under management and reported on major industry deals such as BSI, ABN Amro, Barclays, as well as reorganizations including ANZ, Standard Chartered and Edmond de Rothschild.
Industry-leading Provider
Our reporting gave ample column space to fintech, where domestic players DBS, OCBC and UOB have led the push. Fintech’s most anticipated events of the year were the first major fintech conferences in Singapore as well as Hong Kong.
(Jacqueline Loh, Deputy MD of MAS, and DBS CEO Piyush Gupta)
Against this backdrop, finews.asia established itself as an industry-leading provider of high-quality, regularly updated news, features, interviews and editorials.
More Than 50'000 Unique Clients
Our website registered more than 50,000 unique clients by year-end and over 120,000 page impressions monthly, and continues to rise. Perhaps the most flattering proof of our success: rival media regularly cite finews.asia as a source.
(Shaw House on Orchard Road, Singapore, home of finews.asia)
With 2016 rapidly drawing to close, the finews.asia team would like to thank all our readers for their loyalty in this year, and wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year.
Back With Breaking News
finews.asia will be back on Monday, January 2nd with the breaking news, feature stories, industry developments, opinions and the latest on people and trends that you have come to rely on us for.
