Nomura subsidiary Instinet appoints from within for its Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific.
A Japanese financial services firm and IBM are building a blockchain-based financial platform for the Asian market.
The current Axa Asia Life Chief Executive has been appointed as CEO of Axa Hong Kong.
Singapore’s financial regulator has closed the door on a two-year investigation over 1MDB. But Swiss banks – and bankers – are by no means off the hook. finews.com looks at who is sweating more than usual this summer.
Julius Baer put considerable resources towards making WMPartners a key player among independent asset managers. The Swiss private bank's has buried those plans. The story of why is a cautionary tale for Asia's burgeoning IAM industry.
A Chinese asset manager is the first to qualify under a Swiss-Hong Kong scheme to sell funds in either market.
Deutsche Bank is said to have denied Switzerland's UBS a role in its recent capital increase due to bad blood, after the German lender lost a senior wealth manager to the Swiss bank.
Yves Robert-Charrue, Julius Baer's European boss, tells finews.asia why integrating an independent asset management subsidiary. The move could cost jobs, and the Swiss bank plans to continue its acquisition strategy.
The finance regulators have signed off on a framework for co-operation allowing entry for financial technology firms in each other's markets.
A major fund manager claims we are in the midst of a virtual currency bubble, and like all bubbles, it will eventually burst.
International news from Australian private banking has been scant in recent years – and the headlines that did make it across the ocean largely negative. Mario Bassi examines why in an essay for finews.first.
ANZ deepened its commitment to digitalisation with the hire of a General Manager for transformation and performance.
The first Swiss banker to be jailed over 1MDB has been released and returned to Switzerland, finews.asia can exclusively reveal.
Hong Kong's financial regulator has banned a relationship manager after he was found to have misappropriated corporate information.
One of China's largest state-owned lenders is to set up a fintech lab with one of the world's largest internet and gaming companies.
The Swiss bank has seen a number of bankers exit its investment banking business unit in Asia over recent months.
Brady Dougan, Credit Suisse’ former CEO, has reached the pinnacle of his career. He’s one of the steering committee behind a U.S.-based investment boutique that arranges deals for kings and business leaders.
Just a few days after the country's government passed its controversial tax levy bill on Australia's biggest banks, the state of South Australia has now twisted the thumbscrews even tighter.
Australia’s corporate regulator is requesting industry feedback on its guidance for the new crowd-sourced funding regime, which is set to begin later this year.
German air carrier Lufthansa is introducing a new service to and from Singapore. It will be available five times a week with the most modern long-haul aircraft of the world, the Airbus A350-900.
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